THE RESEARCH OF PUNISHMENT SUSPENSION OF BUDDHIST MONK AND SECULAR OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THAILAND

Abstract

The purposes of this article were to: 1) Study punishment of Buddhist monk and secular in punishment accordance of the criminal justice in Thailand, 2) Study punishment suspension of Buddhist monk and secular of the criminal justice in Thailand, and 3. Propose the practice guidelines in punishment suspension of Buddhist monk and secular in practice guidelines of the criminal justice in Thailand. The study was qualitative research by document data analysis, tool is an in-depth interview. Key informant was such as: 1) Buddhist monk, and                                  2) secular consisting of lawyers, police, public prosecutors, judges and corrections officers of 10 persons, by selecting a specific sample, content analysis and summarize the overview. The research was found that: 1) punishment of Buddhist monk and secular in punishment accordance in case of bad behavior of Buddhist monks, it is usually to restore secular status. Blame any form of monks for violating the criminal law and forcing Brahman's desire and monks to arrest, procedure for judicial proceedings or prosecution is in accordance with the judicial process in the judicial process supported by law. As for the farewell, it is a matter of the sangha's administrative process that depends more on the guilt. and if the court proves it to be false able to return to be ordained as a monk,             2) punishment suspension of Buddhist monk and secular in the principle of democracy guarantees people's rights, freedom and equal constitutional procedures The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness, fairness and non-discrimination of punishment, and 3) Propose the practice guidelines in punishment suspension of Buddhist monk and secular addition: legal provisions should be clear, comprehensive and appropriate.