Restorative Justice Dialogue for Elder Maltreatment Prevention in Japan

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04145
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Saitama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Umezaki Kaoru 埼玉県立大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 教授 (50320891)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者虐待 / 家族間暴力 / 予防 / 修復的正義 / 対話 / 社会的孤立 / 地域 / アセスメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study developed the Restorative Justice Dialogue programs in order to prevent elderly maltreatment. The manual book was tried to explaine about an idea of the restorative justice without terminologies,because not professions but also non-professions can understad and practise Restorative Justice Dialogue in communities. By this dialogue we can share our different value each other. The structure of this dailogue helps to keep safe field.
In Canada and Finland,dailogue programs were used to prevent social exclusion and abuse in communities. Canadian Indicators of Abuse(IOA)Screen was used and scaled Japanese potential risks of the elder abuse on Japanese reported maltreatment cases. Gray Zone cases were identified to assessment ealy dialogue intervention.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究成果より、トーキングサークル実施マニュアルを完成させ、修復的正義に関する市民向けの入門書を日本で初めて出版した。市民とともに実践できる基盤を創り、対話の担い手を育成するキーパー養成講座を開発した。専門職向けには、高齢者虐待を再発防止するのでなく、心配だなと感じるグレイゾーンで未然防止する必要性を示し、カナダの潜在的虐待スケールを援用してグレイゾーンを特定、日本高齢者虐待防止学会誌に掲載された。