On the changes of understanding delinguent behaviors in the Family Court system: From the viewpoint of own long term practice as a Family Court Probation Officer

Abstract

This article shall provide some methodological issues on the understanding of delinquent behaviors as well as on the selecting of treatments for the juveniles concerned, by presenting my own personal history as materials which describe as to how I thought about and dealt with the issues in question throughout the long term practice as a Family Court Probation O$cer; therein I have tried to clarify the chenges of evaluating delinquent facts in the process of juvenile judgment proceedings in the Family Court system, by introducing matters such as ① the conflicts with the law-originated way of thinking, with which a psychologist may encounter when he gets into the field of juvenile delinquency,　② dignostic methods of delinquent behaviors,　③ traits of Japanese-like appraisals for crimes,　④ viewpoints of receiving juvenile delinquents, and ⑤ step-by-step system of the selection of treatments for the juveniles.