The Comprehensive Study for Offenders' Families-Necessities and Possibilities of Support

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730532
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: The University of Kitakyushu
• Principal Investigator: FUKAYA Hiroi 北九州市立大学, 基盤教育センター, 准教授 (60435732)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 家族 / 加害者 / 犯罪 / 刑事事件 / 児童福祉 / インタビュー / グラウンデッド・セオリー・アプローチ / 国際情報交換

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purposes of this research were to understand psychosocial issues of offenders’ relatives, as well as to identify needs of support for them. 16 families were interviewed mainly offenders’ mothers and spouses. It was found that their experiences were various depending on relationships with the offenders, area, charged offenses, victims and so on. They also talked about support from their children. In order to build support systems in Japan, the researcher visited one of the major support organizations in Hong Kong. It was identified that influences of not only differences of systems but also of views about families and crime should be considered. Also, guidelines should be made in order to care for children whose relatives became offenders. The issues about those children should be considered further.

Free Research Field

司法福祉