외국인범죄에 대한 경찰의 역할방안에 관한 논의- 외국인범죄의 특성 및 발생동향을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The nation is a consensus formed by an agreement to protect lives, body and property of people and to secure basic rights as human beings. A nation created by such an agreement has formed a framework by protecting its people and excluding other foreign nationals. A nation has been built on the same ethnicity, the same culture, and the same language. After all, this nationalism did not admit the others and they were only regarded as objects of discrimination or hatred. However, in the midst of globalization and openness, various races and nationalities have more entered South Korea to get jobs and to earn a living since the 1990s. But they suffer difficulties of racism, contempt, insult and disgust because of being different races and using languages. All members of the South Korean territory are given basic rights by the constitutional law. These basic rights are stipulated in essential matters that they cannot be limited by such law. However, it is true that foreign residents in South Korea do not fully enjoy the basic rights that the constitution law stipulates. The basic right is fundamental that everyone enjoys regardless of whether the one is a Korean or a foreigner. However, it is not easy to foreigners living in South Korea to overcome these difficulties and they are highly probable to commit crimes. It is important to directly response right after crime occurrence, but it is more important to prevent crimes in advance in order to deter the creation of crimes. Therefore, the role and function of the police is important to prevent crime. Because the police executes governmental authority with investigative rights, it should come up with measures to prevent crimes of foreigners to protect people’s lives, bodies and property as the most important task.