범죄예방 자원봉사위원제도의 발전적 운영방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

The Probation & Parole System helps to achieve the goal of preventing second and repeated offenders in the community more effectively by way of private sectors’ participation. To this end, Korea introduces and operates the Crime Prevention Committee System, a private volunteering organization. In Korea, however, such crime prevention committees tend to be operated in two separate organizations, the general crime prevention committee and the special crime prevention committee. In other words, the general crime prevention committee is operated by the prosecution, and the special crime prevention committee by the probation & parole office. Despite that under the Probation Act, both the prosecution and the probation office are responsible to support the probation officers to guide and observe those who are under probation, their tasks are in reality separated, which is difficult to understand from the theoretical point of view. Particularly, the general crime prevention committee affiliated with the prosecution often functions not as private volunteering workers, but as financial supports for various events in the prosecution, thus being criticized for not making a practical contribution to crime prevention. Therefore, the Crime Prevention Committee System requires a major reform in order to achieve the system’s ultimate goal, that is, the guidance and protection of those who are under probation and the safety of the community. Particularly, the current two-part committee system, the general and special crime prevention committees, needs to be integrated into one organization, and the probation & parole office that is directly related to the tasks of probation should manage and oversee the tasks of probation so as to help the Crime Prevention Committee System make a practical and realistic contribution to the Probation & Parole System.