Action research on the reflecting processes for creating dialogical space in penal institutions

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02208
• 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: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Yahara Takayuki 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(法), 教授 (60333267)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: リフレクティング / 刑事施設 / 臨床社会学 / アクションリサーチ / ダイアローグ / 少年院 / 組織風土 / リフレクティング・プロセス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through this research, the principal researcher has concluded a joint research agreement with Mine Rehabilitation Program Center, Japan's first PFI prison, and Fukuoka Juvenile Training School since 2020, and has been able to conduct collaborative action research with project members consisting of facility staff while continuing to visit each facility. The result was a collaborative action research project with project members consisting of correctional facility staff, while continuing to visit each facility. As a result, we were able to construct the Reflecting program based on the practice and evaluation of it for correctional facility residents. In addition, we were able to look into the possibility of fostering the organizational culture of correctional institutions through the practice of Reflecting Processes among staff members.

Free Research Field

臨床社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の社会的成果のひとつとして、2022年より新設された第5種少年院における具体的なミーティングの方法にリフレクティングを用いた各種のプログラムの手引きが全国の少年院に紹介され、その実施が推奨されることとなった。また、2023年9月には、「受刑者の各種指導に関する訓令」の一部が改正され、一般改善指導において「対話実践」をおこなう方針も明示され、現在、矯正施設におけるリフレクティングへのさらなる汎用化を目指した継続研究が進展している。