The Protection of Victims in Corrections
Since last year, the protection of crime victims in criminal justice has become hot issues among scholars and practioners in Korea. The Ministry of Justice has made a draft of 'Law on the Protection of Crime Victims' and submitted to National Assembly. The National Assembly is expected to pass the draft in the regular session of 2005.
The contents of this study is as follows;
I. Introduction
II. The Concept of Crime Victims
III. The Protection of Crime Victims in Correction of the U.S. A
1. History and Background
2. Reporting of the Treatment of Offenderst to Victims
3. Protection of Victims from Revenge
4. Reporting of the Offenders and their Crimes to Community
5. Parole Board's Hearing on the Crime and their Victms
6. Strengthening of Restitution
7. Victim-offender Dialogue
8. Education of Offenders
9. Implication to Korea
IV. Reporting of the Treatment of Offenders to Victims
1. The Present Conditions
2. Comparative Study
3. Implication
V. Offender-Victims Dialogue
1. Definition
2. Comparative Study
3. Implication
In this study are emphasized that the measures must introduced and developed to protect crime victims from the second or third victims and to prevent future victims of persons or community. For this purpose, 'The Law on the Protection of Crime Victims' must be legislated as soon as possible and many reasonable measures must be studied and introduced which are being enforced in other countries such as U.S.A, Germany, England and Japan.