Experience with mediation in domestic violence cases in Spain: legal regulation and opinions from judicial practice and criminal law scholars
Experience with mediation in domestic violence cases in Spain: legal regulation and opinions from judicial practice and criminal law scholars

Summary/Abstract: The incidence rate of domestic violence cases in Europe has not really significantly decreased inthe last ten years, and Spain is not an exception on this. Despite legislative changes andimprovements that have taken place in many of our countries regarding penal punishment ofthose behaviors, it seems to be not enough or perhaps not suitable for all possible cases in thisfield. For this reason, for some time it is being discussed and, in any cases, trying out with theoption to apply other techniques of conflict resolution based on restorative justice (andspecifically the process of mediation between victim and offender). The purpose of this briefpaper is then to examine the current legal situation in Spain about mediation in cases of domesticviolence, and the opinions that have been expressed on this from the criminal doctrine.

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