Today, crime victims are no longer bystanders in criminal proceedings. They can participate in criminal proceedings to protect their rights and losses. The Constitution and criminal procedure law adopted new provisions regarding crime victims rights. ...
Today, crime victims are no longer bystanders in criminal proceedings. They can participate in criminal proceedings to protect their rights and losses. The Constitution and criminal procedure law adopted new provisions regarding crime victims rights. New legislations also followed to achieve the objectives of the new provisions.
There are several provisions in constitutional law such as article 10(provision of human dignity, worth and the right to pursue happiness), article 17(provision of inviolable right to privacy of life), article 21 (4) (provision that speech or the press shall not violate the honor or rights of other persons), article 27 (5) (provision that a victim of a crime shall be entitled to make a statement during the proceedings of the trial of the case involved as under the conditions prescribed by Act), article 30(provision that any citizen who has suffered physical injury or death due to criminal acts of others may receive aid from the State under the conditions as prescribed by Act) which are constitutional bases of victim support. These are very significant in point of presenting the legislation direction against a victim support law and becoming standards which are used for interpretation for relation law and execution of victim support policy.
The protection for a crime's victim is specified in the Act to Protect Crime's Victim. Act to Help Crime's Victim, Act on Punishment of Sexual Violent Crime and Protection for Victim, etc., Act on Criminal Procedure. Act on Public Prosecutor's Office. Rule on Criminal Procedure. Rule on Duties of Judicial Police Officer. Act on Road Traffic, Criminal Act, Special Act on Punishment of Special Crime of Violence, Act on Children's Welfare, Special Act on Punishment of Crime of Family Violence, Act on Prevention of Family Violence and Protection of Victim, and Special Act on Lawsuit Facilitation, etc. Although the protection for victims is thought to be thoroughly guaranteed with such laws, the subject is mainly limited to a particular crime relating to female victims from a sexual violence, family violence, and prostitution, etc. And there is a limitation due to an insufficient finance and specialized manpower, etc. regarding the protection and support for victims of such crimes. which is the current reality.
This article describes the reactions to the crime-victim protections by the police as mechanisms of Criminal Justice System for the purpose of protecting the victims. Even though the basic duty of the police is to protect the people from the crimes the police has usually emphasized not on the crime-victims but only on the assaulters.
Although crime victims were given an unfair encroachment, they endure prejudice and blame of social. Owing to these situation, most of criminal victims don't reveal the truth honorably and be distressed.
It is tried to find the countermeasure toward crime-victim protections in the police on the basis of the practical operation in the advanced countries.