소년보호관찰과 가족의 역할 = Role of Family and Juvenile Probation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Probation supervision is provided for probationers to prevent them from repeating offenses and delinquencies and to facilitate their reformation/rehabilitation through a social life. Probation officers as well as volunteer probation officers maintain contact with them through interviews, etc. in order to observe their behavior and provide them with any needed instruction and supervision such as prompting them to follow the conditions for probation supervision. They also provide them with guidance and assistance for purposes such as securing residences and gaining employment so that they can live independently.
Probationers are obliged to follow the conditions for probation supervision during the period of supervision. Violating the conditions can result in so called bad-conduct measures being used such as revocation of parole. The two types of conditions for probation supervision are statutory general conditions applicable to all probationers and special conditions assigned to individual probationers on a case-by-case basis.
Probation supervision usually takes place in cooperation by a probation officer and a volunteer probation officer for each individual probationer. When supervision of a probationer first commences, a probation officer formulates an individual treatment plan that outlines the objectives and methods, etc. of the guidance, supervision, and rehabilitation support, based on an interview with the probationer and their relevant records. The volunteer probation officer provides guidance and assistance in accordance with the treatment plan by contacting the probationer and his or her family through interviews and visits, etc. The progress of the treatment is reported by the volunteer probation officer to the director of the probation office every month. The probation officer, in cooperation with the volunteer probation officer, then takes appropriate measures to adjust to changes in situation by interviewing the probationer or family persons as required. Meanwhile probation officers provide sufficient guidance and advice to volunteer probation officers and maintain close communication with them to ensure they are not bearing too heavy a load.
A long history of research has linked family dysfunction with future criminal offending. In part because parents monitor and provide nurturance to children, it is thought that the loosening of bonds among family members may result in more criminal involvement. In recent years, an increase in the number of juvenile delinquents has sparked interest and concern about juvenile delinquent behaviors and the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system. Many researchers and policy makers regard juvenile delinquency as one of the world’s most critical social issues.
Cooperation of the family is important in the practice of probation. This paper describes the Role of Family and Juvenile Probation.