Violencia de género, custodia compartida y mediación familiar en España. Discursos profesionales / Gender-based violence, joint custody and family mediation in Spain. A study on professional speech

Judges and social workers developing their professional activity in the family courts, deal with several troubled relationships that appear in families, including the gender-based violence, the joint custody and family mediation. This article, based on a doctoral thesis about how judicial social work assist with the processes occurred in marital crises. It analyses qualitatively the discourses obtained in interviews with judges and social workers in the Family Courts of Madrid and Barcelona. The study reflects the most cited opinions of professionals of expert and legal action by an anonymous research to achieve the free expression of professionals. The results offered indicate the need to continue investigating the issues addressed in Family Courts, rather than continuing to polarize thinking on issues that are significant for the organization of families in crisis.