MIRALL: a
program for the approach in child-to-parent violence with adolescents in
juvenile probation and their families
Authors: Jordi Burcet i Solé, Federico Diego Espuny & Josep Vallés Herrero
ABSTRACT: MIRALL ("mirror"
in Catalan), is a program for direct intervention with young people and their families
who have been denounced for family violence and who are complying with measures
of JUVENILE JUSTICE, is prepared ad hoc, based on the needs identified through
the application of SAVRY, in which 72 young people and their parents have
participated, as well as 4 monitors (rehabilitated volunteers), in seven
editions, and in four years (2014-2018). METHOD This is an action research,
based on good practice in juvenile justice and carried out directly by
professionals, with the advice of university experts and, given the challenge
of lacking adapted tools to give an educational response to this new criminal
profile, has developed and evaluated the program. RESULTS The first four
editions (2014-16), with the corresponding groups with 41 participants, have allowed
the elaboration of a program that has confirmed the reduction of family
violence after its conclusion and a positive assessment by the participants and
external evaluators that accredits their application in 2017 and 2018 and also
its dissemination through the CEJFE (Centre
d’Estudis Juridics i Formació Especialitzada of the Generalitat of
Catalonia). DISCUSSION The program continues to be applied since it has been
proven effective although it must continue to be valued.