As práticas restaurativas no CEJUSC de Ilhéus na perspectiva dos acusados de violência doméstica

Abstract

This work aims to research how man who were indicted of domestic violence think about gender and violence themes after participating in restorative circles. There are few works who delve into the perspective of a man who was involved in this type of wrongdoing, trying to approach their speech. Works about men accused of domestic violence against their partners are still sparse in Brazil, and there is no record of this nature in the city of Ilhéus, even though the law 11.340/2006 prescribes reflexive groups interventions for people indicted of violence against women, with a focus on genre and accountability. In the same vein, despite the known potential of peace-building circles to create safe environments for dialogue and reflection, their use with men accused of domestic violence is rare. Starting there, and not trying to exhaust the themes, the research proceed to do a literature review of the prison system, the modern prison rationality incidence, genre, restorative justice as a means of intervention, domestic violence and the policies about it with a focus on reflexive groups with men, and restorative circles as a strategy for reflection used by men accused of domestic violence. In Methodology, two steps were taken: in the first, scalable interventions through the restorative practices project Encontro e Diálogos, in Centros Judiciários de Solução de Conflitos e Cidadania (CEJUSC) targeting men accused of domestic violence in Ilhéus; in the second step, the investigation and analysis of the perception of the accused about genre violence after the participation in the restorative circles. A qualitative approach with a triangulation of methods was taken: a) Research-action as the main means for the implementation and construction of the project; b) participating observation in restorative circles and in postcircles; c) case study in post-circles; To collect data, participant observation, focus group interviews, documents of public and private audiovisual material was used. In the analysis of the results, hermeneutic-dialectic interpretation was used. It was noted that men felt accepted and the circle experience positively impacted them, being an adequate space for reflections on genre, violence, and related themes. Furthermore, most participants recognized the violence on their victims and accepted accountability.