아동성범죄 방지를 위한 형사정책적 대안 모색

A search for measures of Criminal Justice to prevent sex offences against children

Sex offence against children has been recognized as 'soul murder' To prevent sex offences against children, a very complex set of remedies and measures should be prepared and applied First of all, proactive and active intervention into child abuse should be institutionalized in order to block ways for abuse victims to turn child sex offenders themselves in their adulthood as well as to detect and save child sexual abuse victims earliest possible From Criminal Justice perspectives, criminalization of child abuse is necessary not only to effectively deal with child abusers but to make child protection and family support types of public welfare measures and interventions accepted and effective Additionally, considering high possibility of recidivism among child sex offenders with pedophilia or anti-social personality disorder and their child victims' lives are likely to be put in danger, demand longer sentences than other crimes against adult victims To protect children from sex offences, longest possibile period of incarceration as the Constitution allows should be introduced Other methods of sex offender control such as electronic monitoring, registration and chemical castration should be regarded as only 'supplementary measures' with various side effects This paper tries to seek workable, comprehensive, systematic and effective Criminal Justices measures to prevent sex offences against children by analysing literature, results of prior researches and examples of other countries