女性受刑人更生復歸之研究

The Study on Rehabilitation and Reentry for Female Inmates

本文主要目的在透過跨國比較，分析我國、日本、新加坡、美國、加拿大、英國、德國、瑞典與挪威等國家之女性受刑人更生復歸處遇；並邀請學者專家和更生人進行焦點團體，以了解我國女性受刑人更生復歸之現況，期能協助女性更生人順利重返社會。跨國比較分析結果顯示，各國女性受刑人出監前銜接社會復歸措施，主要包括:出監輔導、個案資源整合或復歸計畫、就業輔導與媒合、至較開放或低度管理機構接受處遇和中間性處遇等。焦點團體結果發現，出監前須提供以個案為導向的調查、輔導和訊息，並協助重建家庭連結；中間性處遇的親社會性與方便性仍須強化，更生保護網絡進入矯正機構建立關係和了解復歸需求，有助於女性受刑人復歸社會和降低再犯；並根據跨國比較和焦點座談結果，提出女性受刑人更生復歸相關建議。 The purpose of the current study is to compare the rehabilitation and reentry strategies for female inmates among Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and Norway. To help female inmates smoothly return society, 18 focus group participants, including scholars, experts and ex-offenders, were invited to discuss the preparation and counseling before releasing, intermediate treatment and aftercare. Findings from the cross-national comparison have shown that the major efforts for female inmate rehabilitation and reentry before releasing from prisons include releasing counseling, resource integration or reentry plans for cases, employment counseling and matching, imprisoning in low-security correctional institutions, and intermediate treatment. According to results of focus group, correctional institutions should provide caseoriented investigation, counselling, and information to female inmates and help them rebuild family bond before release. The pro-socialization and convenience intermediate treatment should be improved. The information and service from the protective after-care network are helpful to ex-offender’s reentry. Suggestions based on the cross-national comparison and focus group are also discussed.