교정공무원 교육훈련 전문화 방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

As today's society changes at a fast pace, The correctional service of Korea is now also attempting to improve the rehabilitation capability through innovative changes. Under these circumstances, It requires cultivating the correctional staffs to have new ability and attitude. Thus, examination and consideration of new education system is needed for the highly-specialized correctional staffs that are differentiated from the existing system. With the relocation of Legal training institute in 2015 ahead internally, the circumstances of human resources development in correctional field are facing many external factors like 'national and social attention to recidivism prevention', 'requests for practical training contents', 'development needs for scientific management' and 'specialized reformation methods' which is aimed to special offender. Accordingly, different types of correctional staffs education and training are required in this situation. Although the existing education in correctional training institute was about duty management focused on security in facility, education for professional treatment management seems much more important from now on. This study focuses on the way about improvement plans of correctional officer by researching history of correctional training, institute and the actual condition of present training system. Taking the whole circumstances into consideration, firstly, it is suggested that expansion of education & training facility like establishing training branches under the Regional Correction Headquarters and installing independent education training center that is guaranteed open management of organization, budget, human resources affairs are accomplished. Secondly, strengthening ethics and behavior programs based on professionalism and intensifying function of R&D team in correctional training institute are emphasized to support gaining ability and approaching new paradigm. Thirdly, It is discussed that future education system should be turned to 'field curriculum', 'practice-based', 'demand-based' in order to cultivate skillful and professional staffs which can lead offenders to achieve successful rehabilitation through scientific management and specialized reformation. Lastly, improvement measures such as extending periods of training just like police, fire service, other foreign countries and performing effective practical training and securing outstanding teaching staffs are suggested.