少年院に在院する外国にルーツのある少年の現状 ─各少年院における教育と在院状況の調査から─

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　This study investigates the educational facts in juvenile training schools for juveniles with foreign roots, their status in these schools, and examines issues stemming from Japanese Language Education. 　We have seen cases of young people with foreign roots who have been admitted to juvenile training schools due to delinquency resulting from social maladaptation. Although juvenile training schools provide special correctional education for juveniles with foreign roots, it is not known whether all juveniles receive such education. They may be receiving the same education as Japanese juveniles. 　Thus, 5% to 7% of the juveniles in these training schools have foreign roots, and are scattered throughout juvenile detention centers. Most of them receive the same correctional education as Japanese juveniles. Law instructors may not have a common scale to judge the “Language Competence” of juveniles with foreign roots. Therefore, they are unable to properly judge their “Language Competence.” To provide effective education, it is necessary to develop a “Language Competence” index. 　Educational support for the “Language Competence” of juveniles with foreign roots should be positioned as a basic criterion of education and literacy. Japanese language education professionals should discuss and consider this with law instructors. Additionally, it is important to encourage “Citizenship Literacy” among those involved with juveniles with foreign roots.