著者

片岡 優子

出版者

関西学院大学

雑誌

Human Welfare : HW (ISSN:18832733)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.19-31, 2009-03

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Taneaki Hara was the pioneer of prison reform and rehabilitation of ex-convicts in Japan. The purpose of this study is to clarify his achievements in child abuse prevention, and the significance and the influence of his activities on future generations. Hara was interested about child-rearing since he worked as a prison chaplain. He contributed the article to "KIRISTOKYO SHIMBUN" in 1892 and emphasized the importance of rearing orphans, and equally pointed out the need for adequate child-rearing in mainstream families. The event that led to Hara's engagement in child protection was when he was appointed as the Tokyo District Committee Member of the Okayama Orphanage in 1899. Hara initially got involved in child abuse prevention activities in 1909. The reason why he got started child abuse prevention activities was marked by one day when he was unable to overlook a newspaper article on child abuse. Moreover, he noticed the fact that there were a significant number of prisoners who had been illtreated as children. Hara shared his works on child abuse protection in magazines and through lectures. His work led to the establishment of Child Abuse Prevention Law of 1933 which Hara appealed for necessity of child abuse prevention and the maintenance of the law. Hara's child abuse prevention activities led him to be remembered as the pioneer of the protecting child abuse and neglect in Japan.