국내 형사사법기관에서의 성폭력 피해아동 및 장애인 대상 진술분석의 활용

A Study on application of Statement validity Assessment in Korean criminal justice system

Statement Validity Assessment(SVA) is used to assess the veracity of child witness' testimony in trials for sexual offences. SVA assessment is used to assess child witness's statement since 2005 in Korea. Recently, SVA assessments are accepted as evidence in Korean criminal courts. SVA procedure consists of three stages: a semistructured interview, CBCA(criteria-based content analysis. Specially, the core of the interview for SVA assessment is that witness tells story without any influence from the interviewer. First interview is very important. Forensic interviewer have to obtain as much information as possible from young children or person with mental retardation. For this reason, forensic interviewers must have special interview techniques based on psychological principles. In Korea, police investigators interview witnesses(young child or person with mental retardation). Therefore they have to get the more professional education about child or person with mental retardation.