일본 소년범죄 현황과 대책에 관한 검토

Abstract

The difference in the positions on countermeasures against juvenile crime clearly reveals the seriousness of the social problem that Korea is facing. In particular, the paternalism disposition given without accurate cause analysis and reflection on juvenile offenders by focusing only on the educational function of juvenile justice, not punishment, is also a problem. This is because the problem of confirmation bias that strict punishmentism is the only solution must also be guarded against. In relation to this, if we look at the situation in Japan, juvenile crime has continued to decrease since 2003. In this regard, in addition to the long-term low fertility and aging population, as well as the long-term economic recession since the 1990s, the generation who has been in a stable and fixed living environment materially and mentally has a strong ‘other-oriented’ tendency is cited as the cause. Due to this, although it is a social problem, in an era when juvenile offenders had to emphasize the ‘healthy growth’, juvenile crime has become a society where it is no longer an issue except for some heinous cases. Of course, these social changes are not the only cause of the decrease in juvenile crime. In each region, we are actively operating the management of juvenile delinquents and offenders at the police level, and the resocialization process in which the juvenile detention center and the local community are connected. Various policies are being implemented to prevent juvenile crime. I think that the current situation of juvenile crimes following these social changes in Japan and the countermeasures against them contain the implications that our society needs.