Probation means a treatment of convicted offenders in which the punishment is suspended giving liberty in the community conditioned upon good behaviour and in which the state, by personnel supervision and assistance, attempts to assist the offenders t...
Probation means a treatment of convicted offenders in which the punishment is suspended giving liberty in the community conditioned upon good behaviour and in which the state, by personnel supervision and assistance, attempts to assist the offenders to maintain good behaviour and to rehabilitate perpetually.
Rehabilitation of offenders in this society is deemed to be the best way for preventing society from the crimes and consists of the most important goal of the criminal code aimed at the protection of potential crimes by means of defending the nation through the protection of criminal offenders.
Probation as the measures of treatment for offenders aim at the protection of treatment for offenders aim at the protection of the society as well as offenders themselves by the prevention from possible risk of reprtition of offenders.
Fill now, the measures of protection society from crime is focused on treatment of correctional facilities that separate offenders from society and preventive activity from crime.
But imrrisonment offender's for definete days does not protect society from crime perfectly. As far as the offenders are not separated from society perpetually, they become finally a member of society. In order to protect society against crime and prevent a second crime, it is most important thing for offenders to be rehabilitated, corrected. This aim of criminal policy is achieved through just probation system.
At last, the probation system is introduced in Korean, the law of probation was enacted December 3, 1988 and has been enforced since on July the 1989.
During eight years of its enforcement, there came into several questions in carrying out but the most effective measures is gradually settled in order to early fixations of probation system in Korea.
This study forced on the method of reform of probation in Korea. First, this study inquire into theory background, introduction, contents, characteristic of probation system.
Second, this study inquire into probation system of America, Kingdom of England, Germany, and Japan in order to effective analysis to these system.
Third, I alluded probation systems enforcement and developing course and probation law etc., introduced the enforcing similar probation system, which is Juvenile Law, Social probation Law etc.
Forth, through statistics for recently five years enforcement of probation system in Korea, this study analysis the present situation as opening and closing of probation, the present situation of classified occupation the present of presentence investigation, the improvement family circumstances, the present situation of second crimes of an probation, the present situation of social service order, the present situation of attending lecture order etc.
Finally, this study suggest on the method of reform of provation through questions which is caused during the enforcement as probation objecter, probation system, probation budget, probation officer, probation law etc.
In conclusion, it should be emphasised that probation officers have to be enthusiastic interest and sincere about probation system because of the beginning of the enforcement.