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The current study investigated the features of juvenile offenders at the Boy Correctional Institution. In Korea, crimes committed by juveniles are treated in two different paths. One is dealt with within the juvenile protection system, which is the basic principle of Korean juvenile justice system. The other, which is equivalent to the American Juvenile Waiver System, is referred to the adult criminal justice system due to the seriousness of crimes by juveniles. If a juvenile offender is sentenced to prison in adult criminal justice system, he is sent to the Gimcheon Boy Correctional Institution, which is the only one juvenile prison in Korea. Although there has been plenty of research on juvenile offenders in juvenile protection system, research on juvenile offenders referred to the adult criminal justice system has been rarely conducted. For this study, 144 juvenile inmates at the Gimcheon Boy Correctional Institution participated in the survey. The research results demonstrate that the majority of juvenile inmates experienced change of parental care. Both of their parents' educational levels and economic status are rather lower than those of general youth. Over half of the respondents had experienced police arrest, probation, and juvenile correctional facilities. The most crime type is "rape" (42.4%) followed by theft (22.2%), robbery (13.9%), aggrevated assault(10.5%). When they committed crimes, over 30% of the respondents were under the drinking and 30% of the respondents were under runaway, 70% of whom were staying in motels and ins. Over 80% of the respondents presented benefits of prison life, including positive life style and obtaining job training. On the other hand, lack of freedom , insipid routine, and poor living conditions are pointed out as the major weak points of prison life. Among the most desired programs are more various job training courses, educational programs, and counseling programs. Based on the research results, crime prevention program depending on crime types, correctional counseling programs, school's active intervention on dropout, welfare services for single parent/grandparent family, and further study on juvenile sex offenders and murderers are presented as policy implications. The results of current study is expected to provide useful information for developing effective juvenile crime prevention strategies.

한국어

현재 19세 미만의 미성년자에 의해 저질러진 범죄는 그 죄질과 심각성에 따라 소년보호사건과 소년형사사건으로 나누어 처리되고 있으며 소년 형사사건으로 법원에서 금고이상의 형을 받은 소년 범죄자는 김천 소년 교도소에 수용된다. 본 연구는 효과적인 청소년 범죄예방 전략을 모색하기 위해 국내 유일의 소년 교도소인 김천 소년 교도소에 수용된 144명소년 수형자들의 인구사회학적 특성(나이, 양육자, 양육자 변동, 양육자 학력, 생활수준), 범죄경력과 범행관련 내용(보호관찰, 경찰체포, 시설수용, 범행당시 연령/음주여부/가출여부, 범죄명, 형량, 범죄동기, 경찰/검찰/법원에 대한 인식, 처분수용), 수용생활 및 계획 (면회, 징계, 교도소 범죄억제력, 교도소 장/단점, 필요한 프로그램, 출소 후 계획, 재범억제 자신감, 장래희망) 등을 조사하였다. 빈도분석, 교차분석 및 ANOVA 분석결과를 토대로 장기적인 안점에서의 청소년 범죄를 예방하기 위해서 한부모 가정, 조손가정에 대한 복지적 지원과 학교의 상담활동 강화, 범죄유형에 따른 효과적인 범죄예방 전략의 개발, 절도범죄의 상습화를 예방하기 위한 학교, 사법부, 복지기관의 협력을 통한 통합적인 예방전략 구축, 살인사범과 강간사범에 대한 심도 깊은 후속 연구, 출소 후 재범을 방지하기 위한 직업훈련의 다양화, 수용자 학과교육의 강화, 교정시설 상주 상담사 도입, 교정시설 처우개선 등이 정책제언으로 제시되었다.