Empirical Research on Sociocultural Transition in Children in a Children’s Self-Reliance Support Facility and the Effect of Support

Abstract

In this study, we targeted children in the Children’s Self-Reliance Support Facility and extracted the necessary information from their records. We tried to objectively measure their attributes, transition, and delinquency, as well as changes in their family relationships. The subjects of this study included the records of children (only males) in a particular Children’s Self-Reliance Support Facility and their lives. The period of study is 30 years, from 1980 to 2010. For the analysis, we divided the time into decades, namely, the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, and conducted simple counting using SPSS. As a result, ages of placement tended to increase from the 1980s to the 2000s. On the other hand, the admission periods gradually decreased from the 1980s to the 2000s.Delinquencies characterizing the 1980s were bicycle and motor bicycle theft, theft, and drug abuse. Second, delinquencies characterizing the 1990s were nighttime wandering, delinquent companionship, and reckless driving. For the 2000s, many children were admitted to the facility for shoplifting, violence at home, and behaviors related to sexual problems. Especially for the three decades between the 1980s and the 2010s, the characteristics of delinquency and parental factors were the focus of attention.