Incidencia de la violencia intrafamiliar y medidas de protección aplicadas en el marco de la emergencia sanitaria por la covid-19, en la ciudad de Latacunga, estudio comparativo del período 2019-2020

Abstract

This research work questions itself about the incidence of domestic violence and the measures applied in the frame of the health emergency caused by COVID-19 in the city of Latacunga, a comparative study in the 2019-2020 period. As the virus spread around the world and a series of measures and restrictions were issued causing drastic changes such as the order of staying at home to stay safe, the closure of multiple companies’ triggered economic uncertainty and increased unemployment creating an abysmal tension and a stage of violence inside home. The following methodology was applied in the degree work, the exploratory and descriptive research method with a qualitative, quantitative and comparative approach, where the factors that influenced the increase in cases of domestic violence were analyzed, as well as how attention protocols for victims of violence were applied, and analyze how effective the protection measures were granted by judicial institutions. The investigation also includes an analysis of data obtained from legal professionals, public officials of the Police Command, Public Defender, Council of the Judiciary and Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Cotopaxi, which allowed the development of the investigation modality required by the line of investigation, which helped us determine recommendations to improve the deficiencies of the executive level of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Latacunga canton and the Provincial Decentralized Autonomous Government of Cotopaxi regarding mechanisms with a gender approach.