Present Status and Issues of Recidivism Prevention for Sex Offenders in Japan- Through Comparison and Analysis of Reintegration Approaches and Exclusion Approaches.

在本研究项目中，笔者对美国、加拿大、英国、西班牙、韩国等国家的累犯预防方法进行了研究和分析。在那里，我分析了这些方法的意义和需要解决的问题。通过这样做，我试图指出日本对性犯罪者的刑事司法政策将能够从这些方法中学到什么。这些国家的方法可以归类为：在整个社区监督和排他性方法(美国、韩国)，在社区提供重新整合方案(加拿大)，以及只向特定群体/组织提供获释的性犯罪者信息，如学校(英国)。在这个研究项目中，我试图分析日本对性犯罪者的刑事司法政策未来的发展方向。此外，由于非专职法官制度(于2009年5月引入)对性犯罪案件的量刑产生了重大影响，我分析了该制度对未来改变性犯罪者刑事司法政策的可能影响。

In this research project, I have researched and analyzed recidivism prevention approaches in other countries, such as USA, Canada, UK, Spain and South Korea. There, I have analyzed significances and issues to be solved in those approaches. By doing so, I have tried to point out what the criminal justice policy for sex offenders in Japan would be able to learn from those approaches. The approaches in those countries can be categorized as; throughout supervision in community and exclusive approaches (USA, South Korea), providing re-integrative programs in community (Canada), and providing information of released sex offenders only to certain group of people/organization such as schools (UK). In this research project, I have tried to analyze to which direction the criminal justice policy for sex offenders in Japan would proceed in the future. Also, as the Lay Judge System (introduced in May 2009) has been giving a great impact on sentencing for sex crime cases, I analyzed possible implications of the system to change the criminal justice policy for sex offenders in the future.