소년범죄의 흐름과 특성 검토를 통한 효율적 대응방안 연구

• Published in: 소년보호연구 Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 63 - 96
• Main Authors: 윤태현, Yun Tae Hyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국소년정책학회 30.08.2017
• Subjects: The 2016 Crime White Paper; The characteristics of juvenile crime; The misunderstanding and truth of juvenile crimes; The trend of juvenile crime; The wrong perception on juvenile crimes; 범죄백서 2016; 법학; 소년범죄에 대한 그릇된 인식; 소년범죄에 대한 오해와 진실; 소년범죄의 특성; 소년범죄의 흐름
• ISSN: 1598-8163; 2734-0414
• DOI: 10.35930/KJPR.30.3.3

No matter when they were written, many of studies on juvenile delinquencies include the expressions; "Recently juvenile crimes have constantly increased, aggravated and committed more by younger age group. In addition, the second offense rates are on the increase.” They also explain the general trend of juvenile crimes saying "the juvenile crimes are high among the young people from single-parent families or low-income brackets and the crime motivations are often accidental and impulsive. The juvenile crimes are generously treated on the ground that they are still in their teens." This study aims to examine whether such assertions are well-grounded or based on wrong perceptions from misunderstanding and prejudice. A review of the 「Crime White Paper 2016」 showed that most of those expressions are uncertain, as well as carelessly and inaccurately made from wrong perceptions, except that the second offense rates are on the increase and that most of the crimes are motivated accidently and impulsively. Accordingly, it may be meaningful to consider some more efficient ways of reducing the juvenile crimes based on the revealed facts. In this sense, this paper suggests the need to reconsider the functions of probation, to strengthen the personality education based on humanities and the practical surveys of crime environment, to develop various mentoring programs and settle the protection ideals in the judicial system for juvenile crimes. Regardless of time and place, the juvenile crime has been perceived as one of the most important societal tasks. Nevertheless, due to some misunderstanding and misperception on the juvenile crimes, more effective ways of preventing them are yet to be made. Hopefully, this paper will be an occasion to promote the understanding of juvenile crime based on the truths and find out more proper ways of effectively dealing with the crimes committed by young people.