*  Assistant Professor & Criminologist, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
2) Data from the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection, Ministry of Justice, 1997
3) Data from the 2003 Annual Report Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice
4) Tongthong Chandransu, Justice Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary announced these figures to the ministry committee on     compensation for people wrongfully convicted in criminal cases; Thairath Newspaper, 28 February, 2547.
5) See Kittipong Kittayarak, 1999 p. 148-164.