The Approaches to Participation of Community and Private Organizations to Take Care of Offenders in order to Divert Offenders from Judicial Process

Abstract

          The objective of this research is to investigate the problems and barriers to the participation of community and private organizations in classification, screening, behavior development, pre-release preparation, and post-release monitoring, including assistance to the acquitted and review laws, measures, and mechanisms related to promoting community participation and non-governmental organizations. This research is Qualitative research which consists of documentary research and field research, namely questionnaire design, in-depth interviews with executives and justice practitioners, focus group research, and hearing, totaling 400 samplings.The research found that currently, classification and screening in preparation for release do not comply with the relief of the acquitted. In order to separate occupational groups to train occupational skills in preparation for each suitable release and match the occupational groups that can go out to pursue careers after release. It is necessary to establish mechanisms related to pre-release preparation and assistance for those who have been released by involving community organizations and private sectors in the investigation of community data of prisoners who are nearing release.Therefore, supporting and promoting knowledge development training, increasing occupational groups that have passed the analysis of the Pre-Release Committee by counseling, thus providing another process of classification, and developing behaviors to prepare for release prisoners into society. It also includes the provision of various services, allowing access to information about vacancies, job sources, and entrepreneurs according to the occupational groups that have been trained. Access to resources, services, and welfare that acquitted people are overlooked is very necessary for the Central, Regional, and Local Authorities must be established in order to access welfare and relief so that the acquitted and their families are monitored, supervised, and assisted by Local Authorities. The researchers suggest that it is necessary to establish a network as a community justice center, the People's Probation Center is a community-level unit where improving the quality of life of those who have been acquitted will require cooperation and integration of all government agencies, Community organizations, and non-governmental organizations that are close to the acquitted in follow-up, supervision, and assistance are therefore feasible and appropriate in order to maximize the benefits for the acquitted.