(Characters from the two sessions) Chen Haiyi, "Mother of Judges": How to protect "yours of young people" with laws?
China News Agency, Beijing, May 28th, Question: "Mother Judge" Chen Haiyi: How to protect "yours of young people" with law?
Author Huang Yuqin
At the end of 2019, a film focusing on bullying on campus and juvenile delinquency, "You, the Younger", was released, triggering extensive discussion on related topics. This film, Chen Haiyi watched it three times in total.
As a representative of the National People's Congress and president of the Juvenile Family Trial Division of the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Chen Haiyi admitted to the reporter of China News Service, "Every time I look at it, I will find more details and will have a different new feeling."
Chen Haiyi has been involved in juvenile trials for more than 20 years and has heard more than 4,000 cases, helping more than 300 minors return to school. In this special area of criminal trial work, emotion, reason, and law stir each other, affecting the happiness and future of individuals, families, and even generations.
Judge's reason and mother's compassion have become the two major scales in Chen Haiyi's mind when trying minor cases. This group of rescued teenagers affectionately called her "Judge Mother".
"Judge Chen Haiyi of the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court used mother-like care to help derailed teenagers to rebirth." This sentence appeared in this year's work report of the Supreme People's Court. Chen Haiyi, who was "accidentally praised", was very excited, but she also soberly saw, "This is not to praise me alone, but to praise many judging groups who have helped the deficient juvenile", reflecting the current society ’s healthy growth of minors Of high concern.
How to better protect the "youth of the juvenile" through the rule of law mechanism has been the issue that Chen Haiyi has been concerned about since he was elected to the National People's Congress. From building a big data platform for teenagers, to carrying out psychological examinations on minors, to juvenile justice correction systems, every suggestion is closely related to the protection and prevention of crime by minors.
In recent years, cases of juvenile delinquency and cruel means have continuously raised discussions about whether it is necessary to reduce the age of juvenile criminal responsibility. In this regard, Chen Haiyi pointed out that the method of preventing juvenile delinquency is not simply "one-off", and the criminal punishment of the young teenagers who have been involved in the crime is not simply "one-off".
Taking the movie "You's You" as an example, she told reporters that the tragic characters in the film are more or less lacking the social environment necessary for school education, family attention and growth. "In real life, the absence of these three elements is precisely the greatest commonality of many minors involved in crimes."
"No matter how much the age of criminal responsibility is lowered, there is also the problem of effective correction of young people under the age of criminal responsibility. Whether these children can be transformed into harmless social people is the focus of preventing and controlling minor crimes." Chen Haiyi said To deal with the problem of juvenile delinquency at the source is an important issue in the comprehensive management of society. It is not simply "age adjustment". It is necessary to improve the growth environment of "yours of you" through the social legal system.
In a proposal submitted this year, she pointed out that for minors who are not subject to criminal punishment because of their young age, it is recommended to establish an alternative system of juvenile justice corrections as a supplementary measure to order strict control of the minor ’s parents or other guardians. The law is compulsory, avoiding the past "one-off" situation.
In terms of specific operations, the judicial administrative department in charge of community corrections implements the order work, grants judicial corrections the same legal effect as community corrections, and implements them with reference to the community corrections law. At the same time, parents are ordered to compulsory parental education, and the education content and Duration, regularly learn how to effectively communicate and properly discipline children.
It is worth noting that both the Law on the Protection of Minors and the Law on the Prevention of Minor Crimes have now entered the revision process. The Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People ’s Congress pointed out that it will further study the establishment and improvement of the system of intervention and treatment of minor crimes by grades and effective education and correction measures at the institutional level in conjunction with the relevant legal revision and improvement work.
Today, the scenes in the movie "Youth of the Youth" still appear in Chen Haiyi's mind from time to time: the heroine who has long lacked family care, the protagonist who wanders in the society indefinitely, gains attention by bullying classmates, and eventually suffers misfortune. "The Rich Girl" ...
"The dramatic ending of each character is not just a brutal youth, the reason behind it is more worthy of deep thought, and it is necessary to protect every 'youth of the youth' through the legal system." Chen Haiyi said. (Finish)