Resumen

GOMEZ GOMEZ, Francisco  y  SOTO ESTEBAN, Raúl. Social Worker Performance in the Spanish Administration of Justice on Marital Breakdown Processes. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2015, vol.17, n.2, pp.131-166. ISSN 0124-0579.  https://doi.org/10.12804/esj17.02.2015.06.

The Family Courts in Madrid and Barcelona have social workers to assist the judge in deciding on family matters. These professionals do their job in the SATAF (Servei d'Assesorament Tecnic en l'Ambit de Family) in Barcelona and Madrid Psychosocial Teams. This study seeks to unveil a real situation which has been hidden in controversies as well as scientific and popular debates. The study also seeks to understand how social workers in the field of justice are placed in that reality.

Palabras clave : Location (relevance, role, power); social worker in the field of justice; expert evidence; auxiliary function; psychosocial; families.

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