英國輔導偏差及曝險少年之司法行政機制考察

The Work of Youth Offending Teams in England/Wales on Juvenile Delinquents and At-risk Behaviors Services

2019年6月修訂少年事件處理法，其中第85條之1刪除，第3條縮小曝險少年範圍（原法「虞犯少年」），以及第18條修正，均涉及中央與地方行政機關輔導少年涉及偏差與曝險行為的機制更動。本次修法，有關曝險少年行政先行的授權組織「少年輔導會」機制，因舊有「少輔會」未必符合就地轉型之功能，故更需重新思考其未來設置內涵。修法雖已完成，在臺灣行政機關盤點、調整、組織、配置資源與執行相關業務之前，本文試圖考察英格蘭/威爾斯1998年以來的相關機制法源、執行方式與約20年之成效，提供臺灣相關行政機關未來機制修訂或改變之參考。

The Juvenile Delinquency and Justice Act in Taiwan was revised again in Dec. 2019. Some major revisions included, for example, Juvenile Courts no longer intake cases involve in children under age 12 (Code 85-1), juveniles at–risk behaviors are limited to only three types instead of seven types and administrative offices have to counsel these juveniles before referring to Courts (Code 3), furthermore, a new juvenile offending counsel centers have to be set up to perform the work of assisting juveniles with at risk and delinquent behaviors. The administrative offices have not yet been able to respond to the law revisions. However, the work of Youth Offending Teams in England/Wales starting 1998 is a relevant mechanism to the current situtaiton in Taiwan. This aim of paper therefore is to introduce the YOTs and their effectiveness. More importantly, the paper offers a comparable framework for the Taiwan administrative offices to consider their further reforms.