우리나라 보호관찰제도는 1988년 구 보호관찰법(현재 보호관찰 등에 관한 법률)이 제정됨에 따라 명실상부한 보호관찰 도입국이 되었다.
The probation system in Korea became a country that introduced probation in the name and reality as the former probation law (currently the probation, etc.) was enacted in 1988.