성폭력 범죄 친고죄 폐지 이후 피해자 보호방안 - 성폭력 피해자의 사생활과 명예보호의 의미를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This research seeks how to protect Sexual Assault victims in the criminal justice process after the abolishment of crime to compliant on the crimes of rape in 2012, examining the legal and political grounds of crime to compliant on sexual crimes and the effects of this abolishment and investigating the colorful needs of victims who accused their offenders by conducting an empirical study on the 260 counseling journals recorded at the Korean Sexual Violence Relief Center from 2008 to 2010. This crime to compliant aims to protect victims’ privacy and reputation because of the cultural context in Korea, where exist the social stigma and condemn against sexual assault victims. However, this code has not only protected victims but also shifted the burden by punishment to the offenders on them. Even though victims can be protected by the abolishment of crime to compliant on the crimes of rape in this context, some victims might need the system to focus on the victim’s unwillingness to punish. The empirical study on the counseling journals shows that the victims’ privacy can be violated during the criminal justice process because of social stigma against sexual assault victims and secondary victimization during criminal justice process, and that the victims view criminal settlement as one of the options for resolving the crime through apologies and regret from the offender and restoring from the harm caused by the crime. These results can give directions for protection of sexual assault victims’ privacy in the criminal justice process.