경찰의 가정폭력 대응과 피해자보호
Police Response to Domestic Violence and Victim Protection
김재민
초록
The police are in charge of the initial response if the domestic violence occurs. At the dangerous situation of those crimes, they must secure the citizens’ life and their personal safety, which they are enacted in a Korean Police Law and Korean Constitution as one of the official duties. Therefore, if the improper response of the police would cause them fatal injuries, they should take the legal responsibility for that throughly. Likewise, the police intervention which is deficient in discerning or choosing the proper measures makes the victim not only feel painstaking for the recovery of the damage but also be endangered in vulnerable situation to revictimization through second attack. For solving these problem, the police initial response activities should be improved in quality. It could be achieved through their efforts to make sure the essential goals and carry out those targets for victim protection such as securing safety for battered women and children, stopping the violence, accountability of perpetrators, divesting perpetrators of their belief of ownership over women, restoration of battered women and enhancing agency in the lives of battered women. To realize these core values, the strategies could be taken in three parts ; behavioral, legal and institutional areas. If the suitable measures would be put into the strategies to improve the three dimensions’ problems after examining the negative traits regarding traditional police responses to the domestic violence, it will make a great contribution to enhancing the victim protection policies of the domestic violence.