The Guidelines for Development of the Safety Measures Enforcement Under the Thai Criminal Code

Abstract

This research aims to study and analyze the problems in enforcing safety measures and to obtain guidelines for developing safety measures under the Thai Criminal Code. The study uses mixed method research, which consists of qualitative research using document research methods and in-depth interviews with 30 people, and quantitative research using questionnaires with 402 people. Content analysis was used for qualitative data, and descriptive statistics for quantitative data were used. The results of the study were used to determine guidelines for developing the safety measures in 28 items that had a mean of 4.34 standard deviation of 0.48, with most respondents agreeing at the highest level in terms of government policy ( = 4.49, S.D. = 0.52), followed by knowledge and personnel's understanding of the justice process ( = 4.30, S.D. = 0.60), legal aspect ( = 4.27, S.D. = 0.59), and organizational aspect (agency) ( = 4.27, S.D. = 0.73), respectively. These results are used to set guidelines for developing the enforcement of safety methods: 1) Laws should be amended to be consistent with the current social conditions, specifying the offense bases to cover offenses under other laws and specifying the roles and powers of investigators, which will seriously support the “principle of state criminal prosecution.” 2) State policies, including the enforcement of safety measures, tracking of individuals, criminal data, promotion of enforcement, budgets, cooperation between agencies, technology, and control in hospitals, and 3) Knowledge and understanding of personnel in the justice process. It should promote and create knowledge for personnel in the justice process at all levels. 4) Organizations should have a central agency to coordinate cooperation between related agencies, with the Department of Probation as the principal agency to enforce safety measures.