• Journal of Legislation Research
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• no.41
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• pp.43-85
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• 2011

Child and youth welfare law in Korea is vague and complex. In a narrow sense it means the research on the provisions of the Child Welfare Act. In a broad sense it embraces all of the social welfare system regarding to the protection for children and youth. Regardless of the scope of child and youth welfare law it should be cleared what the term of child and youth means in Korean legal regulation. Historically, child protection in Korea was based on the good intentions of individuals to protect war orphan children from poverty or danger after the end of the Korean War. It is the story of the evolving status of children from being viewed as dependant of the parents to becoming rights-based citizens, even not in Constitution. In Korea neither parents nor children have constitutionally recognized right. According to Korean Constitution the parents have only the obligation to educate their children. And the state ist obliged to improve the welfare of the youth(section 34). In compliance with this article there are lots of statutes regulating youth welfare. This article reviews the legal definition of child and youth to test the uncertain definition of child and youth welfare in relation to the treatment of children's and youth's legal status in Korea. According to the Child Welfare Act child is the person under age of 18, while the legal definition of youth oscillates between the person under the age of 19 and the person over the age 9 to the age of 23. As a result child welfare is often used as the synonym of youth welfare, and vice versa. The lack of the arrangement of the legal definition of child and youth is based on the historical reasons that the legal definitions of youth (under the age of 19 or over the age 9 to the age of 23) newly appeared in the statutes regulating youth welfare, whereas the Child Welfare Act still maintained the definition of child under the age of 18. In order to get rid of the confusion of the definition of the child and youth, a part of certain statues should combine with another Act according to the purpose of the individual amended statutes. And the definition of child and youth should be subdivided into 3 or 4 classes, namely infant(0-6), child(7-13), youth(14-18) and young adult(19-26). Furthermore this article proposes a reform of the existing legal system pursuant to the nature of the law, i.g. whether the issued or amended Act takes on a selective(residual) or universal character.

• 한국사회복지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.115-152
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• 2002

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.37
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• pp.195-216
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• 1999

Adolescents whose families receive public assistance are primary interest in the article because they experience disproportionate shares of the burden of poverty and psychosocial stress and are at substantially high risk. To explain the psychosocial stresses of high-risk adolescents in poverty, this study analyzed the inter-relations and interactions of major variables: 1) stress related life condition, 2)individual & environmental resources, 3) emotional, behavioral, and academic adjustment. Data came from the survey of 351 students living in the families receiving public assistance. The major findings were as follows. High-risk adolescents in poverty suffered from chronic stresses related life conditions, including family environmental stress, financial & medical stress and stigmatic stress. As the effects of stress increased, depression/anxiety and delinquency of poor youth increased. The psychosocial adjustment of poor youth at risk was most effected by the stress resulted from family environment. Though they were suffered from stresses related poor environment, adolescents in poverty adjusted well, if they had individual and environmental resources including self-esteem democratic parenting and supportive school climate. In conclusion, this study confirmed that emotional, behavioral, and academic adjustment of adolescents in poverty was affected by various stresses from life conditions and individual and environmental resources. In order to improve adjustment of poor youth at risk, life conditions have to be improved and psychosocial resources to be increased. These findings have provided practical implications for social workers helping high-risk adolescents in poverty.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 부모가 정한 규칙에 대한 청소년의 준수 의무감 정도에 따라 청소년이 문제행동 (음주와 타인 소유물 파손행동)을 하는 친구의 영향을 받는 정도에 차이가 있는지 알아보는 것이었다. 우선. 친구의 문제행동 정도에 따라 청소년의 문제행동 가능성이 높아지는지 살펴보았다. 다음으로, 친구의 문제행동과 청소년의 문제행동 간의 관계가 부모가 정한 규칙을 지켜야 한다고 믿는 정도에 따라 다른지 살펴보았다. 연구 대상은 미국 동부 지역 소도시 소재 중학교에 재학 중인 남녀 중학생(6학년 ∼8학년) 398명이었다. 자료는 참여 학생들이 부모 자녀 관계, 문제 행동, 친구 관계 등에 관한 항목으로 구성된 질문지에 응답하게 하여 수집하였다. 위계적 회귀분석을 사용한 자료분석 결과. 친구의 문제행동 정도가 심할수록, 부모가 정한 규칙에 대한 준수 의무감이 약할수록 청소년의 문제행동 정도가 심한 것으로 나타났다. 그러나. 친구의 문제행동과 청소년의 문제행동 사이의 정적 관계는 청소년이 부모가 정한 규칙을 준수해야 한다는 의무감이 약할수록 약한 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과는 청소년기 또래 영향 연구에서 청소년의 개인적인 특성을 고려하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 시사한다. 또한, 청소년이 부모가 정한 규칙을 지켜야 한다는 의무감을 갖도록 부모가 자녀와 원만한 관계를 유지하는 것이 부정적인 친구의 영향으로부터 청소년을 보호하는 한 방법이 된다는 점도 시사한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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• no.54
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• pp.145-172
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to examine whether parenting attitudes would have an effect on the developmental trajectories of school adjustment for adolescents in out-of-home care. Additionally, we hypothesized that this model would be different between boys and girls. In this study, we analyzed three waves of data collected from 341 adolescents living in residential facilities, group homes or foster homes by using cluster sampling methods. Growth-curve longitudinal analysis was conducted, and the results indicated that levels of school adjustment had increased from the 1st through the 3rd grade of middle school. Positive parenting attitudes had a positive impact on initial school adjustment and rate of change, whereas negative parenting attitudes had a negative impact only on the initial school adjustment. Second, multi-group analysis revealed that there were group differences between boys and girls in their initial school adjustment by positive parenting attitudes. Based on these results, this study discussed further suggestions to increase school adjustments for adolescents in out-of-home care.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.527-536
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• 2024

In the digital age, the growth of AI and digital technologies brings opportunities and cybersecurity risks. At the forefront of this change are teenagers, referred to as 'digital natives'. However, they may have difficulty using technology safely without proper information security knowledge. This paper highlights the need for information security education for teenagers in South Korea by referring to cases in the UK, Australia, and the US. These countries are already providing education that prepares young people for cyber threats and future societal needs. Reflecting this trend, South Korea should also establish comprehensive information security education for teenagers to equip them for the digital age.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.85-101
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• 2007

The subjects for this study on delinquent behavior, substance use and risk/protective factors consisted of 301 Korean-American students in grades 6 to 12. Findings were that (1) the delinquent behavior rate of adolescents using alcohol, tobacco or other substances was higher than that of non-using adolescents, increasing the odds of delinquent behavior from 3 to 45 times. (2) The probability of delinquents in the substance users group was higher by 7 to 44 times than in the non-users group. (3) The relationship with delinquent behavior of risk factors and substance use was much stronger than the relationship with delinquent behavior of protective factors and substance use. (4) The strongest predictor of delinquent behavior or substance use was the peer-individual domain.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.107-120
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• 2005

Three types of socio-moral transgression events were used to test the moral emotions and attributions of 30 juvenile offenders on probation with a comparison group of 30 non-offenders. Data were analyzed by chi-square. Differences between juvenile offenders on probation and non-offenders were that juvenile offenders expected victimizers would feel happier and less guilty following such acts of victimization as physical harm, theft, and lying than the comparison group. Non-offenders were more likely than offenders to feel that victims would feel angry and upset. Juvenile offenders gave more variable and less adaptive emotional responses. Offenders provided victimization and emotional distance attributions, but the comparison group provided moral attributions or causal-dependent attributions such as fairness and justice.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.193-216
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• 2004

This study focuses on "Intellectual Freedom" based on the fundamental principles of library services. Particularly, this paper pursues to the legal foundations of "the freedom of expression". The American Library Association celebrates "the Banned Books Week" to draw attentions to the danger of banned books and censorship. This study also studies how "the banned books" are made by pursuing the definitions of "pornography" and "obscenity" in terms of the court's opinions of The Supreme Court of the United States and Korea. Recently, the top three reasons for the "banned books" are considered to "be sexually explicit", "contain offensive language" and "be unsuitable to age groups".

• Korean Journal of Legislative Studies
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.171-195
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• 2011

2007년 일본최고 재판소는 히로시마시 폭주족 추방조례사건에 대하여 헌법판단 회피의 이론에 입각한 합헌적 한정해석론에 따라 합헌결정 판결을 내렸다. 이는 기존의 판결내용을 답습한 것에 불과 하였지만 합헌적 한정해석이라는 헌법해석의 방법론에 관한 의미를 한번 되새기는 계기가 된 사건이다. 이 법리에 의한 것으로는 1980년대의 청소년보호조례사건이 유명하다. 이 두 사건은 하나는 공안사건이고 다른 하나는 풍속에 관한 사건이라는 점에서 차이가 있다. 폭주족 추방조례사건은 합헌적 한정해석의 법리가 적용될 여지가 있다고 보이지만 청소년보호조례사건과 같은 풍속에 관한 사건에서는 이 법리를 적용하는 것은 무리라고 생각된다. 왜냐하면 청소년보호조례사건에서는 음행, 난잡한 성행위라는 너무나 막연하고 애매한 개념을 사용하고 있어 형사절차에서의 대 원칙인 죄형법정주의에 위배될 소지가 있으며 성적 자기결정의 자유를 규제할 때에는 이에 따른 필연적인 이유가 존재해야 함에도 그렇지 못하다는 문제점과 일반국민에게 지나친 심리적 위축을 초래할 수 있다는 점에서 위헌논란이 제기되었다. 그럼에도 일본 최고재판소는 이를 합헌적 한정해석의 법리를 원용하여 위헌선언하기를 꺼려온 바 이는 헌법판단회피를 의도적으로 하는 것으로 지나친 사법소극주의적 태도라고 하지 않을 수 없다. 법원은 사건의 중대성이나 위헌상태의 정도 그 파급효과의 범위, 구체적 사건에서 문제가 되고 있는 권리의 성질등을 종합적으로 고려해서 충분히 이유가 있다고 판단되는 경우에는 헌법판단회피의 준칙에 따르지 않아야 하며 헌법판단을 적극적으로 할 수 있다고 해석하는 것이 타당하다고 생각된다.