전자감독 담당직원의 업무부담 측정에 관한 연구: 사건수를 기준으로

Abstract

A review of literature indicates that electronic monitoring (hereafter EM) has a labor-intensive nature that increases the work burden of EM officers; there are few research, nonetheless, that have led to an attempt to measure the work burden caused by EM quantitatively. Based on the caseloads in relation to recidivism risk assessment of EM subjects and difficulties of supervision on them, this study aims to quantify the work burden of EM through a survey for 260 EM staffs across the country (95 dedicated for EM solely; 165 responsible for EM in parallel with general probation). EM cases, which are considered to be onerous due to high level of recidivism risk, tend to be assigned to the personnel responsible for EM solely within a probation office; meanwhile, EM staffs have heavy burden of feelings in case of subjects charged in EM with sexual impulse disorders. If the work burden for an adult subject on general probation is regarded as 1, in other words, that for an EM subject with sexual impulse disorders is evaluated as 15.8; 10.8 for a subject charged in EM as a retroactive probation; 9.1 after completion of the term of imprisonment; 9.7 and 9.4 as a provisional termination of medical treatment and custody; 6.0 as a suspension of sentence execution, and 5.3 as a parole. When measuring work burden based on the EM caseloads, in addition, the results show slight differences depending on EM types, crime types, and recidivism risk levels; the work burden considering crime types is measured as the highest for the personnel dedicated for EM. Based on the results above, this study concludes with some remarks to be considered for future research and evaluation on the work burden of EM staffs.