A Study on Evaluation of Taiwan’s Juvenile Correctional Institutions (JCI) Performance – taking Chen-Jheng High School as an example

• Main Authors: Hsiu-Yuan Lin, 林琇圓
• Other Authors: 郭文忠
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97806947171970964170

碩士 === 元智大學 === 管理研究所 === 94 === The dissertation “A Study on Evaluation of Taiwan’s Juvenile Correctional Institutions (JCI) Performance – taking Chen-Jheng High School as an Example” aims to explore the performance of the juvenile correctional institutions in Taiwan – to demonstrate with the real cases of Chen-Jheng High School, which has operated for over six years since its establishment and provided proper corrective treatments and programs to juvenile delinquents aged twelve years and older (the junior and senior high school student age group). Furthermore the study targets the following objectives: To explore: (1) if its operational pattern meets the goals of a JCI establishment, (2) its programs implementation cost-benefit ratio, (3) its academic record continuation or integration achievements and problems in the juvenile delinquents /students leaving JCI under the “delabelization” policy, (4) its restoration performance in the youth leaving JCI including: delinquency recurrence ratio, school returning ratio and employment ratio, (5) its performance in the Life Work program – career skill training, (6) its external critiques and approval ratio. The study further presents substantial suggestions based on the research results with reference to practical implementations and also as constructive opinions on upcoming legislative amendments in particular those on juvenile delinquency law. The study begins with a literature review on juvenile delinquent protection measures and on the said JCI programs’ performance evaluation to develop the research framework; secondly, there is an investigation of the performance of the said JCI by practically examining and collecting the data of its practical implementations and by conducting a questionnaire survey to its teachers and JCI officers and conducting in-depth interviews with some of the said teachers and officers and researchers who are familiar with JCI implementations. The study comes to the following conclusions: 1. the Average Delinquency Recurrence Ratio in six years, 13.7%, reads lower than, 27.04%, the ratio of the 2003 Annual National statistical record; 2. the key youth average ratios of the said JCI read: school returning ratio 25.5% and employment ratio 38.9%; 3. the number of youth leaving the JCI and successfully returning to school reads 1,000 plus students in total; 4. the number of youth enrolled in the JCI winning Technician Grade C of National Vocational Qualification Examination reads 188 students; 5. in terms of cost-benefit ratio, the average cost per JCI student reading NT$750,000 is believed to be necessary and worthy – as interpreted from a macroscopic long term view on the cost-benefit ratio of the JCI expenditures. Although the cost spent in special education programs looks rather high it is actually low when compared with the inevitable social cost resulting from the coming adult criminals who today’s juvenile delinquents would become without being given the opportunities of correctional programs; 6. the said JCI, Chen-Jheng High School, as the very first juvenile correctional institution in Taiwan, plays a key role in the area of juvenile correctional measures and apparently a high approval rate and positive evaluation results to the said JCI will enable Taiwan to make a big step ahead in the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents or adolescents with a high probability of committing crimes.