Factores de riesgo que inciden en la recurrencia de la violencia en niños, niñas y adolescentes en Cuenca, en Ecuador. Período 2009 - 2016

Abstract

In Latin America, the most unequal region in the world, there are too many children and adolescents who suffer violence in their protective environments, that is, in their families, classrooms, community spaces or others. Despite the existing legal and institutional framework, violence against children and adolescents is deepening. The objective of the research is to identify the risk factors that influence the recurrence ofviolence against children and adolescents in Cuenca, Ecuador in the period 2009-2016. For this, a documentary investigation is applied through a systematic process of recovering the file of the Cantonal Board for the Protection of Rights of the Cuenca canton, in Ecuador, which contains 9441 complaints of violence against the population under investigation. The results show that 40% of complaints correspond to cases of recurrent violence, that is, children and adolescents, whose aggression was reported, suffered it again, two or more times; and, in more than 50% of cases, the main aggressors were their parents; On the other hand, socio-economic risk factors are identified in family, educational and community settings, which influence the recurrence of violence. The most relevant findings from the local level constitute an input to rethink national public policy; and on the other, a contribution from interdisciplinarity.