Abstract

DE BIAZZI AVILA BATISTA SILVEIRA, Simone  and  MATTAR YUNES, Maria Angela. Interactions between the judicial environment and poor families: risk or protection of family relations?. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.1, pp. 180-198. ISSN 1677-1168.

The quality of family relations plays a significant role in human existence and contributes to the improvement of social structures. The bioecological approach to human development highlights the importance of those and other interactions. This study aims to investigate relational processes operating in the attendance offered by the judiciary environment to poor families in judicial conflicts. The ecological engagement method was employed. The data collection instruments were field diary and semistructured interviews with law workers and a family in judicial conflict. Results indicated a belief system concerning the professionals, the families’ distorted perception of the judicial system, and the absence of understanding between those involved in the process. The disconnection between professionals representing the judicial system and people in judicial conflicts seems to point out risks to family relations instead of the alleged protection established by the Federal Constitution. (148)

Keywords : family relations; poor families; judicial environment.

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