On Social Work for Criminal Law Violators in Vietnam - Instructions and Towards for Completion

Nguyen Thanh Phuong Tran Thanh Khoe

Abstract

In Vietnam, there are a number of basic regulations on the roles, functions, and tasks of supporting and assisting minors who violate the law, offenders, convicted persons, and those who commit crimes. Execution of punishment... However, this still has many certain difficulties. For example: Social work services for people who violate the law still do not have legal documents directly and specifically regulating the social work profession or social workers and the role of public employees. social interaction in the criminal justice system. The law also does not stipulate a state management agency for probation services for law violators, there is no specialized probation department or community-based corrections department, and there are no specialized probation officers. rehabilitation or community corrections. From there, the content of the article will focus on the roles and functions of staff working in the criminal justice system related to law violators, victims, and witnesses in legal proceedings criminal litigation. From there, propose some recommendations to improve legal regulations on social work in the field of criminal justice.

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Authors

Nguyen Thanh Phuong
Tran Thanh Khoe
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“On Social Work for Criminal Law Violators in Vietnam - Instructions and Towards for Completion”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 8, no. 08, pp. 4639–4648, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.18535/sshj.v8i08.1279.