민간단체에 의한 범죄피해자 지원의 현황과 전망

Victim Support in Korea : A Bird's-eye View and Prospect

It was at the beginning of 1970s that the victiroology is introduced in Korea. The subject of victim of crime didn't appeal to both the learned circles and the men of affairs of Law in Korea until the late 1900s. In the 1900s, non-governmental organization standing for victim support comes into being and the Korean Association of victiroology is founded, which shows that the recognition of victim of crime changes a great deal. However, it is true that the target of support is confined to victims of particular crime such as sexual violence, domestic violence and child abuse. Besides, there are still needs for the specialized man power to support victims of crimes. Chapter 2 covers the importance and the types of non-governmental organization for victim support. Chapter 3 shows the process of founding the organizations for victim support and its present situation focusing on the cases of England, the United States and Japan. In addition, it introduces the types of non-governmental organization for victim support. Chapter 4 is to present how the victim support is going on in Korea and to show the solution for its present problem. 2003 is regarded as the year that the victim support of Korea made a great progress. According to the recent report, Gimcheon Branch Office of Daegu District Public Prosecutors' Office agreed to the proposal on forming a comprehensive organization to support victims in collaboration with experts from various fields including social activists, psychiatrists and professors. This organization aims at providing victims of crime with a support of prime quality in combination with sexual violence victims counseling, resource center on domestic violence and child abuse prevention center.