Justicia restaurativa en el sistema penal ecuatoriano

Abstract

Abstract:This investigation is the result of conceptual research and methodological qualitative application within the framework of restorative justice as an alternative tool to the criminal justice system, it is based on reparation for the victim and responsible rectification of the victimizer, which follows a process that involves the community as a key actor in the reintegration of the offended and the offender. According to the diagnosis of the current situation of the Ecuadorian Criminal System it emphasizes that in recent years restorative justice has been tried as public policy solely on adolescents in conflict with criminal legislation which has have limited progress. The methodology applied comprises a series of interviews with judges of Unidad Judicial Penal Ecuatoriana, teachers from Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) and coordinator of Marco de la Region Subandina en Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, with whom it was clarified that the application of this restorative system in the Ecuadorian Criminal System is feasible, not as a substitute for retributive justice but as its complement, initiating with privately actionable offenses and crimes against properly.