INTERVENCIÓN DEL PSICÓLOGO CLÍNICO FRENTE AL FEMICIDIO EN LA CIUDAD DE PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

The Clinical Psychologist has an extensive stage for his professional development, in the present work he stands out in the judicial field and more specifically with cases of Femicide; this is how clinical psychology is applied to the law. The purpose of this essay is to investigate the mode of intervention of this professional to identify the main functions in his practice; a bibliographic study was carried out, focused on the selection of relevant information, as well as an interview with the professional of this area in the Prosecutor General of the State of the Canton Portoviejo - Ecuador, which allowed us to determine that one of the main roles of the clinical psychologist in These cases consist in the evaluation of the victimizer when a competent judge determines it or for the defense of the same, in addition its role is related to the psychological autopsy which is useful to obtain information and clarify dubious deaths and suspicions of criminality and evaluates its Once cases of attempted Femicide, the clinical psychologist becomes an auxiliary of justice, responding with his specific work to the duty to investigate.