A Comparative Study on Adolescent Legal Consciousness

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· 발행기관 : 원광대학교 경찰학연구소
· 수록지 정보 : 경찰학논총 / 8권 / 2호 / 221 ~ 243페이지
· 저자명 : 김상균

초록

One of the most troubling developments of our society in recent days is the rapid increase in criminal and antisocial behaviors. In order to study legal consciousness and deviations of adolescents, this paper intends to approach the subject within the frameworks of two legal socialization theories-the developmental theory of legal consciousness, and the social learning theory. This study seeks to not only suggest deviance-preventive and legal educational implications, but also to shed light on thoughts on adolescence delinquency in different countries including Singapore, Mexico, and the United States, which in itself seems to be a valuable attempt. In the light of these findings, it can be surmised that Korean adolescents in general are negative in their outlook towards the fairness and justice of the law. Their knowledge of and confidence in the law were equally discouraging.
These striking phenomena suggest that Korean adolescents are influenced by their elders’ less-than-exemplary behaviors and cynical attitudes toward law-abidance.
Furthermore, they are indicative of the malfunctioning of our current school education system, which consistently fails to inculcate in them moral values and respectable personalities. Therefore, it is imperative that our national and judicial authorities earnestly establish legal order through exemplary law enforcement, and our educational scenes on their part develop various programs that can help foster firm legal consciousness.

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