A historical study of the view of correctional education under the Juvenile training school act of 1948

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02194
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University (2020-2022); Tohoku University of Community Service and Science (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Takehara Kota 東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (30550876)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 矯正教育 / 少年司法 / 教育福祉 / 18歳成年 / 甦育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I elucidated three points by exploring the historical process of correctional education in Japan.
First, pre-war juvenile justice practitioners’and juvenile training school staff’s critique of separating protection decisions and enforcement were clarified. This opinion differs from the Juvenile Act commentary books. Second, I analyzed the connection points between the separate institutional treatment through scientific assessment in pre-war and the type of juvenile training schools under the Juvenile Training School Act. Meanwhile, the pre-war correctional education perspective was weakened in the 1980s. Third, I explained that juvenile justice practice is positioned in multiple fields, so it is required to construct the common principle of juvenile protection between education, social welfare, and juvenile law.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、司法、福祉、教育領域で個別に検討されてきた少年司法・少年矯正の課題について、各領域の実践史・学説史を辿りながら、領域間の「隙間」・「谷間」を埋め、そこに通底する「立ち直り・更生（甦り）の論理」を描き出し、それを「甦育」論として独自に打ち立てた点である。また、社会的意義としては、少年法制100周年と併せて、国内の少年司法実践通史を整理し、その到達点と今後の展望を示しつつ、諸外国の少年司法実践史との比較分析の基礎資料を提供した点である。