Basic study about the cooperation between family court and several related organizations for the effective prevention of juvenile re-delinquency

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Criminal law
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Yukio 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(法), 教授 (40284468)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ヨコ型連携 / 少年法の家 / 弁護士 / 再非行 / 個人情報保護 / 検証 / 信頼関係 / 離脱研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Germany several organizations can help accused juvenile from the beginning of criminal investigation. It is the important background of cooperation in German juvenile justice. The model project in Germany has mainly speedy effect, therefore it gives a few juveniles bad influence. But it is showed by objective researches that the good relationship between several organizations, where the core work in long term in same section, is produced and it has good effects for the prevention of juvenile second offenses.
In Japan the cooperation between family court and several related organizations remains formal and high-handed, because important members of family court must be transferred frequently. Moreover the effect was insufficiently verified. But the German model project and the good case in Japan proved, the cooperation between family court and the several related organizations, which consist of long-term core members, can function effectively for the prevention of re-delinquency.

Free Research Field

少年法