청소년 범죄 추세(1998-2008)의 분석과 대응 방안의 탐색

Abstract

In this study, I concerned myself with the trends and characteristics of youth crime in Korean society since 1998 to 2008, with official crime statistics, 'Analytical Report on Crime published by the Supreme Prosecutor's Office. Expecially, it described the curves of youth crime rates in major crime - total Criminal Code offences, property crimes, and violent crimes. And I discussed some controversial themes, such as age distribution of youth crime, longitudinal exploration of co-offending behavior, juvenile recidivism, 'loose' specialization in property extorting crimes(theft, robbery, fraud, demanding money with threats), gender distribution of youth crime, family structure and youth criminal behaviors, and increasing rate of students in youth crime, etc. In addition to these issues, I argued that counterstep of juvenile justice system, especially public prosecutor's office, to youth crime consists of ambiguous strategies mixed with 'interventionism' and 'non-interventionism.' In exploring effective coping with youth crime, I emphasized the importance of community intervention and the non-interfering investments of central and local governments in fostering and activating community resources for youth crime prevention. Finally, I proposed social support perspective, as well as social control perspective for preventing youth crime.