英文摘要 |
In this article, I discuss how the Japanese Medical Treatment and Supervision Act has determined the admission practices and treatment procedures at specialist forensic facilities for law breakers suffering from a mental disorder. The legislation of the Japanese Medical Treatment and Supervision Act is not a security measure that prioritizes either the provision of medical care or the promotion of social rehabilitation. Rather, the act, which reflects a law-enforcement mentality, has established a system of involuntary hospitalization treatment. The act is problematic principally because it is much more rooted in the bio-medical model than in the social model associated with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Treatments at specialist forensic facilities typically involve cross-disciplinary teams who treat violators of the law suffering from mental disorders. These treatments of Japan should rest on the condition of abundant resources, the principle of informed consent, the intervention of social-rehabilitation officers, and the “tojisha kenkyu” model, which emphasizes self-directed research through communication with similar others. In analyzing the Japanese Medical Treatment and Supervision Act and the CRPD, I propose the establishment of security measures based on the goal of social rehabilitation. To this end, current and future laws must refrain from attempting to completely eliminate the risk of recidivism—a goal that can lead only to more harm than good. |