소년보호시설 출원 청소년에 대한 사회정착지원 실태와 개선방안

Abstract

This study analyzed policies on the resocialization of released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories and the current status of their implementation. Moreover, it examined the experiences of released juvenile offenders in receiving resocialization support and their desire for receiving such support. Based on the analytic results, the present conditions of resocialization policies for juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories were evaluated and policy improvement measures were proposed. To this end, conducted in-depth interviews with four released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories and four on-site experts, including those responsible for resocialization of released juvenile offenders. I then analyzed the opinions of released juvenile offenders and on-site experts obtained through the interviews and derived institutional improvement measures based on the analytic results as follows. First, a linkage system should be established to expand resocialization support for released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories. Specifically, the linkage system should be developed to cooperate with the Korean Juvenile Protection Association under the Ministry of Justice and departments responsible for counseling support projects for the at-risk youth in the Counseling and Welfare Centers for Youth. Furthermore, the number of people from juvenile reformatories should be increased. Second, social media should be actively used to provide information on employment, scholarship, housing, and driving licenses for released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories. Third, the Supporters System should be invigorated to regularly select new supporters, and an environment for providing special lectures at juvenile reformatories should be developed through the application of video recording and remote learning technologies. Fourth, the government should expand the Korean Juvenile Protection Association’s budget and human resources. In addition, it should adopt measures to form local organizations which can cooperate with private and public sectors and serve as a hub for providing support for released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories and assist them in settling stably in local communities. Fifth, the education curriculum at the Juvenile Start-up Vision Center should be revised. As most released juvenile offenders tend to obtain a general equivalency diploma(GED), which is equivalent to a high school diploma, the education curriculum at the center should be administered at the level. Sixth, daily life guidance standards at the Juvenile Start-up Vision Center should be relieved. A sufficient amount of time and opportunities should be provided for released juvenile offenders to adapt to the center and change their living habits through the relaxation of rule violation standards and penalties. The aforementioned measures can be implemented to improve the resocialization system for released juvenile offenders from juvenile reformatories. It is expected that the enhanced resocialization system can encourage released juvenile offenders to settle stably in society, return to normal social lives, and prevent them from recidivating.