少年事件報道に関する研究 : 「実名」にすべきか、「匿名」にすべきか

概要

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How are juvenile offences reported by mass media? Most of the major newspapers in Japan are subject to the code provided by Article 61 of the Juvenile Law. Crimes committed by juveniles below the age of twenty are usually reported without their names and facial portraits. Mass media unveil their real names only when they consider the atrocities are extremely serious. Some scholars, however, who specialize in juvenile laws, insist there should be no space for such exceptional interpretation of the law as they understand the Juvenile Law aims to protect minors by making special provisions for juvenile delinquency and crime. This study also examines and compares several major reporting cases in the United States and Taiwan. It concludes that mass media may reveal autonyms of juvenile criminals over the age of eighteen based on the utmost priority on the right to know and freedom of expression. In that case Article 61 of the Juvenile Law has to be revised.
龍谷大学の論文
2009-06-30