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Juvenile Delinquency/Crimes (청소년 비행/범죄)

  • Lee, Sook;Baik, Jee-Sook;Lee, Joo-Yeon
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.361-373
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    • 2009
  • Although juvenile delinquency has been continually decreasing, property and traffic crimes have been increasing. The age of delinquents or adolescent criminals are getting younger, and the number of female involved in delinquency or crimes has been increasing. The most frequently researched topic has been factors of causal effects on juvenile delinquency and development of counseling programs for the delinquents. Other studies have been investigating descriptive data, analyzing differences by sex, or categorizing delinquency behaviors by type, and suggesting political alternatives for restoration of juvenile delinquency. There have been several academic issues on the conceptual definition of delinquency, shift in research topics, and research methods. There have been further discussions on the imminent values of making relevant policies based on the results of multi-disciplinary research, developing the preventive and therapeutic programs and career counseling programs, and working with the experts from local communities.

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Correlation between alcohol use and juvenile criminal behavior patterns in Korea

  • Kim, Hyun-Sil
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.1134-1146
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between Juvenile alcohol use and their criminal patterns. The data were collected through questionnaire surveys. Subjects serving for this study were 971 delinquent adolescents in Korea, sampled from 6 juvenile corrective institutions and 2 classification judging institutions, using a census method. Their age range was between 12 and 21. Data were analysed by IBM PC using SAS program. Statistical methods employed were Chi-square and frequency analysis. 1. Of 877 respondents, the number of adolescents committed criminal behaviors while the intoxicated were 230(26.2%), and 647(73.8%) were in a non-intoxicated state. 2. Adolescent under intoxication showed a higher rate of aggressive crimes and assault crimes, whereas adolescents under the non-influence of liquor tended to commit property climes and violations of criminal special law Drunken state adolescents during committing criminal behaviors used knifes, stones or fist-kicking as criminal tools, whereas drug use or without weapons in non drunken state. Most crimes have happened without any tools in both group. 3. In comparison of the alcohol user and the non-user, most alcohol-related crimes among adolescents were committed at AM 0:00 to AM 4:00 during the weekend in the dark, cloudy, and stormy-rainy day, while non-alcohol related crimes were at afternoon of weekday in the clear day. The places that the criminal activities occurred were streets, amusement places such as disco-theque, fields and their own house among alcohol users, whereas victim's house, another person's house and restaurant were chosen among non-alcohol users. 4. The victims assaulted by Juvenile offenders in both drunken and non-drunken state were mostly passer-by(65.4%), followed by their friends(25.1%). And the conditions of victims showed a significant differences between the drunken adolescents and the non-drunken adolescents. The victim's conditions assaulted by intoxicated delinquent adolescents were in quarreling or drunken state, whereas non-alcohol related crimes were directed against victims in a sleeping or irresistible state. 5. Almost over the half of delinquent adolescents perceived their delinquency as wrong behaviors. and alcohol non-user tended to more significantly perceive their criminal acts as wrong conducts. About the half of respondents answered that they committed their criminal acts in spite of having a very good Judgement while doing crimes, the author did not found a significant difference between the two groups. The reasons given for crimes were manifested as follows: it can be seen that ‘to get money for amusements’(30.4 % of all motives) were most common, followed by ‘to commit accidentally the offences’(23.8%), ‘curiosity or heroism’(18.9%). alcohol related crimes tended to be accidental and impulsively without any clear planning, while non-alcohol related crimes tended to be purposeful, directed to make money motivated by curiosity or a desire to live heroically. In Conclusions. the correlation between alcohol use and Juvenile criminal behaviors has been examined in this study. Generally, alcohol use had been found to be highly correlated with aggressive assault crimes including robbery, burglary and rape etc.

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The Current State and Legal Issues of Online Crimes Related to Children and Adolescents

  • Hyoung-ryul Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.222-228
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    • 2023
  • There are two categories of online crimes related to children and adolescents: those committed by adolescents and those committed against children and adolescents. While recent trends in criminal law show consensus on strengthening punishment in cases of crimes against children and adolescents, there are mixed stances in cases of juvenile delinquency. One perspective emphasizes strict punishment, whereas the other emphasizes dispositions aligned with human rights. While various forms of online crime share the commonality in that the main part of the criminal act occurs online, they can be categorized into three types: those seeking financial gain, those driven by sexual motives, and those engaged in bullying. Among these, crimes driven by sexual motives are the most serious. Second-hand trading fraud and conditional (sexual) meeting fraud fall under the category of seeking financial gain and occur frequently. Crimes driven by sexual motives include obscenity via telecommunication, filming with discrete cameras, child and adolescent sexual exploitation material, fake video distribution, and blackmail/coercion using intimate images/videos ("sextortion"). These crimes lead to various legal issues such as whether to view vulgar acronyms or body cams that teenagers frequently use as simple subcultures or crimes, what criteria should be applied to judge whether a recorded material induces sexual desire or shame, and at what stage sexual grooming becomes punishable. For example, sniping posts, KakaoTalk prisons, and chat room explosions are tricky issues, as they may or may not be punished depending on the case. Particular caution should be exercised against the indiscriminate application of a strict punishment-oriented approach to the juvenile justice system, which is being discussed in relation to online sexual offenses. In the punishment case of online crime, juvenile offenders with a high potential for future improvement and reform must be treated with special consideration.

A Study on the Promote Social Welfare Service of Juvenile Rights (청소년 인권을 위한 복지서비스 향상방안)

  • Roh Hee-Sun
    • Management & Information Systems Review
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    • v.16
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    • pp.161-175
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    • 2005
  • In the contemporary society that changes radically, the problems of Juvenile Delinquency shows a tendency to become out-rageous. Organized, intellectual and lower-aged qualitatively together with its qualitative increase to the extent that it may exceed adult crimes, and it is the circumstances that it emerges as an important social problem. Juvenile Delinqurncy is developing into one of the most pressing and critical issues. But, there is no explicit maesure in any country. Above all, Juvenile Delinqurnce is resultd from various factor. For example, personality, family relation, social and environmental problem.

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A Study of Correctional Education for Juvenile Delinquents in Korea (우리나라 소년범(少年犯) 교정교육(稿正敎育)의 실태(實態) 문제점(問題點))

  • Kim, Kyung-Hoe
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1997
  • Nowdays the prison is the only correctional for juvenile delinquents not to be the second offenders in Korea. Originally the correctional education aims to let criminals go back to the society as a decent citizen after correcting them and prevent them from comminitting crimes repeatedly. Being considered to increase the second offenders in juvenile delinquency, the purpose of this study is to investigate the actual condition and problems of juvenile correctional education in Korea and to find out the solution of problems. First of all, this study examines the actual condition of the juvenile delinquency in Korea. The number of juvenile crimes has been increased from 1985 to 1995. In 1997, the current education in correctinal institutions for juvenile delinquents is inferior to that of developed countries. On the basis of this investigation, improvement plans which will be fit for the circumstances in Korea are suggested. The conclusion of this study are summarized as follows 1. Correctional institutions will be improved to accommodate the proper number of convicts. 2. Correctional officers should be qualified proffessinals who can achieve the aim of correctional education successfully. 3. In order to cultivate he social adaptability of convicts, the expansion of open prison is needed. 4. It is neccessary to classify convicts by means of moderized and scientific methods. 5. Correctinal education consist of various practical courses on jobs, After complenting these vocatinal training, the convict can obtain certificates. 6. The government has to has to plan policies that the released convicts can get jobs for living. 7. Owing to keeping prisons sanitary, it is very helpful for convicts to have thebelief that they are not abandoned by the member of their society. 8. Convicts are given opportunities to participate religious activities by their free-will. If above improvement plans are sufficiently accomplished, correctinal education will obtain good results, It is also effective to minimize the repetition of offence by ex-convicts.

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A Study on Problems and Improvement Measures for Juvenile Protection Cases (소년보호사건의 처리상의 문제점과 개선방안)

  • Kang, Soo-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.11
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    • pp.323-332
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    • 2020
  • The current juvenile law has to be improved in the following respects: First, there is no clear and objective basis for the process divided into criminal and protective dispositions. Second, the spirit of legislation to protect the boy is understandable, but when reviewing the application process of the juvenile law to actual juvenile crimes, it is hard to find such spirit. Third, in dealing with juvenile protection cases, the outcome and process of disposal should be reflected in the boy's protection ideology. Finally, efforts should be made to shorten the processing period of the case, curb the transfer of violent criminals to juvenile detention center, and integrate the latter part of the first and sixth disposition.

A Study on the Realities and Analysis of Crime Related to Security Guard (경호경비 관련 주요범죄에 대한 실태분석)

  • Kim, Chang-Ho;Ju, Choul-Hyun
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.16
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    • pp.65-79
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    • 2008
  • This study started with the need to have a basic understanding of the crimes related to security guard in Korea. For this purpose, it attempted to analyze the crimes related to security guard occurring in Korea for the years, the cause for those crimes to occur, and the basic cause for those crimes such as criminals' educational level, age, occupation and so forth investigate how those crimes occurred. And ultimately it was intended to provide referential materials for perfect security guard from the stage of its planning to the stage of implementation and termination by analyzing how the machinery of law treated those criminals. This study aimed to help security guards to perform their role by investigating the cause and disposition of crimes related to security guard occurring for the years in order to cope with the emergency situation frequently occurring in the job of security guard. To attain the goal of study, this study attempted to do the following tasks: First, to analyze existing crimes and investigate the crimes related to security guard in order to investigate how the criminal act occurred in relation to the crime related to security guard, numerous kinds of crimes. Second, to investigate in what case the criminal act occurred by analyzing the criminal environment, the yearly, monthly and weekly frequency of those crimes and the like in relation to this criminal act. Third, to grope the alternative to cope effectively with all sorts of dangerous situations on the spot of security guard by analyzing the crimes related to security guard and investigating the effective scheme for coping with it.

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Policing for Juvenile Delinquency in Korea (청소년범죄에 대한 경찰활동)

  • Lee, Ha-Sub;Jo, Hyun-Bin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.7
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    • pp.285-297
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    • 2011
  • At recent years, juvenile crime that occurred, that young people have done incredibly cruel and serious intelligence community is making a serious scandal. The relationship between parents and youth crime under the influence of family environment factors and the hypothetical failure of school maladjustment and school factors due to contact with friends, around the area due to hazardous environment, local surroundings and social factors that committed a crime by were Juvenile crime in the real statistics on the rise again, starting the year 2005, and is increasingly young, violent crimes showed a high percentage increases. In order to prevent juvenile crime, these homes, schools, community work together to raise sustainable alternatives are needed. The police, as well as the maintenance of law and institutions, cooperation of youth organizations, increasing activity, such as removing harmful environmental youth leadership program, the flight needs to be improved. Today, juvenile crime is not simply a matter of police activities, school-linked program, police, community-linked programs, such as police comprehensive preparedness and commitment of the authorities is required.

A Study on Sex Offenders Registration and Notification Act of the U.S. (미국의 성범죄자 등록 및 공개법에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Hee;Park, Ho Jung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.23-42
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    • 2013
  • Congress enacted the sex offender registration and notification act in order to prevent sexual offenses and protect public safety in the U.S.. Namely, in 2006, the Jacob Wetterling Act and Megan's Law were integrated into the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act as a comprehensive sex offender supervision and management scheme. The AWA aims to eliminate loopholes and gaps formed by inconsistent state laws and statutes as well as to provide the federal standards for sex offender registration and notification. However, the AWA contains over-inclusive sex offender registration requirements and punishments. For this reason, the implementation of the AWA may cause problems for states, sex offenders, and citizens, both as taxpayers and as beneficiaries of the AWA. Therefore, the AWA that does not differentiate between violent and non-violent offenders should be reformed to allow law enforcement officials to focus on sex offenders convicted of violent and heinous crimes. That is, the AWA should not apply to sex offenders who are not dangerous, not likely to recidivate, and who committed non-violent crimes. In addition, because the AWA requires juvenile offenders to registrate on public notification forums, it may result in a greater risk to community safety and potential risk of reoffense. Accordingly, juvenile offenders convicted of non-violent sex offenses and not likely to recidivate will be provided appropriate treatments to be rehabilitated as members of community.

Effects of the Local Crime Control Governance Recognized by Elementary School Students on the Fear of Crime (초등학생이 인식하는 지역 범죄통제 거버넌스가 범죄두려움에 미치는 영향)

  • Chun, Yong-Tae
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.55
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    • pp.97-116
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    • 2018
  • Due to the rapid developments of South Korea, local communities have faced various social pathologies which generated more violent crimes and criminalized younger students. Several horrendous violences, such as a Kangneung Girl assassination assault case in July 2017 and a Busan Girls assault case in September 2017, happened only between young students. This ignited a public uproar and people were more interested in related national policies and voiced for stronger penalties in ways that punish student offenders and abolish the juvenile law. In this respect, various effective policies are needed to prevent the school violence and to eliminate the students' fear of crime. These are expected to create an environment where students could enthusiastically study in a safe environment. Focusing on elementary school students, this study seeks to empirically analyse the effects of their perception of local crime control governance on their fear of crime and, subsequently, to suggest policy implications which could prevent future school violence and juvenile crimes and reduce the students' fear of crime. The results of this study are as follows: First, the analysis of the general fear of local crime control governance and the fear of crime showed that elementary school students' trust in police officers had a significant effect on the general fear. Second, the analysis of the local fear of crime control governance and the fear of crime highlighted that their trust in the police, social ties, intimacy between the police and residents had a significant effect on the specific fear. Therefore, this study is applicable in reality in that it can contribute to the prevention of school violence and reduction of fear of crime by constructing local crime control governance.