Korean Security Journal (시큐리티연구)
- Issue 13
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- Pages.235-258
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- 2007
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- 2671-4299(pISSN)
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- 2714-0644(eISSN)
The Protection of Criminal Victims and the Improvement of Relevant Laws
범죄피해자 보호와 관련한 법률의 개선방안
Abstract
Every crime involves a victim and an offender. The offender, from the start of the criminal investigation, is considered as a suspect. After prosecution, he/she becomes the accused, and under consitutional law and criminal procedural law, has the right to enforce the contests of the acts. On the other hand, the victim or his/her family, despite being the person harmed, has very few and comparatively weak rights. To overcome this problem, the Korean criminal justice has recently recognised 'the protection and support of the victim' as a major proposition, and the police as well as the prosecutor's office have been releasing improvement plans for the protection of victims. Setting the above as the background, this thesis deals with the current victim protection acts and discusses the methods to improve them. This study will investigate a more reasonable and effective method of victim support and protection. Currently korea's laws regarding victim protection are not satisfactory, however it is fitting to say that it is certainly an external outline of what it should be. This has been due to the enforcement and creation of 'criminal victim protection' and has acted as a key to more improvements ever since. Despite this, the lack of commitment in human and financial resources to enforce these laws has now produced a possibility of the laws proving to be nothing but an unopened letter. To prevent this from happening, the victim nothing but an unopened letter. To prevent this from happening, the victim protection related laws need to be revised to be more practical and secure. Despite this, the lack of commitment in human resources and financial resources to enforce these laws has now produced a possibility of the laws proving to be nothing but an unopened letter. To prevent this from happening, the victim nothing but an unopened letter. To prevent this from happening, the victim protection related laws need to be revised to be more practical and secure.
범죄가 발생하면 항상 피해자와 가해자가 존재한다. 가해자인 범죄자는 사건의 초기 수사단계에서는 피의자로서, 기소가 된 후에는 피고인으로서의 지위를 가지고 헌법 및 형사소송법상 보장된 많은 권리를 행사할 수 있다. 그러나 피해자나 그 가족은 범죄의 실질적 피해 당사자임에도 불구하고 이들에게 부여된 권리는 피의자나 피고인에 비하여 너무 초라한 형편이다. 이러한 상황을 극복하고자 하는 노력으로 최근 한국의 형사사법에서도 ‘범죄 피해자의 보호와 지원’이 중요한 명제로 취급되고 있으며, 경찰
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