PATTERNS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION FOR TAKE CARING JUVENILE AFTER THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WITHDRAWAL : A CASE STUDY OF NARCOTIC CASES

Abstract

          The study entitled “Form of Local Administrative Organizations to Supervise Juveniles after Releasing from the Justice System: A Case Study of Drug Cases” aimed to study and analyze forms of local administrative organizations to supervise juveniles after releasing from the justice system and to provide forms of local administrative organizations to supervise juveniles after releasing from the justice system.

          The study revealed that local administrative organizations did not clearly provide any supervisions for juveniles, who committed offences, after releasing from the justice system. For the form of Mueang Mai Bang Bua Thong Municipality, Bang Bua Thong District, Nonthaburi Province; the supervision of juvenile welfare promotion and community development was the responsibility of the Social Welfare Division, had not focused yet on juveniles after releasing from the justice system. The study of the laws of USA, Japan and the Netherlands found that there are some supervisions for the juveniles after releasing from the justice system with their objective to reduce recidivism rate. The form of organization was conducted by inviting communities to have their roles and participations, while each form was different that depended on the context of each country.

          Suggestions were as follows: local administrative organizations should place importance on the supervision of juveniles, who committed offences and were members of such community, with all their best. This shall be clearly implemented by setting policies and strategic plans, the supervision of juveniles after releasing from the justice system should be formed in form of “Project on Supervision of Juveniles after Releasing from the Justice System by Mueang Mai Bang Bua Thong Municipality”. These shall be operated in form of a working group or a committee substantially.