CHILD-PARENT VIOLENCE EXERCISED AGAINST OLDER ADULTS. A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE JUDICIAL APPROACH IN ECUADOR

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.21631023160510

• Palavras-chave: child-to-parent violence, older adults, case study

• Keywords: child-to-parent violence, older adults, case study

• Abstract:

   In the first chapter, child-to-parent violence (VFP) is presented as a complex and multi-causal problem that must be analyzed from a comprehensive theoretical approach such as the ecosystem that allows its understanding. The need for a specialized response from the legal context in our country is emerging, as evidenced by the cases that will be analyzed throughout this study.

  It is considered that this work is a preliminary approximation of the situation of VFP in Ecuador and that it is one of the first to analyze this phenomenon in the older adult population.

  The second chapter presents the methodology followed in this work, from which the sample (files) was characterized in terms of: Sociodemographic variables and violent typology. The standardized tests also made it possible to provide information about the psychological state of the participants.

  In the third chapter, the results are presented according to the specific objectives set for this work in order to respond to the general objective. This information allows an integrated vision of the situation of child-to-parent violence (VFP) directed towards the elderly in the Province of Manabí-Ecuador.

              In the fourth chapter, the conclusions of the process carried out in consideration of the proposed objectives are presented. In addition, a macro-systemic analysis of this reality and the main difficulties in the application of the systemic approach in the State Attorney General's Office are included.