범죄피해자 보호제도에 관한 고찰

Abstract

Until the first half of twentieth century, criminal victims were beings overlooked in the field of criminal law. Generally, criminal victims were just the one of the people being encountered in the middle of investigation. This is because in the past, the study about criminal law theory was focused on the point that which activities could be a crime and which penalties could be imposed on criminals. Recently, this concept about criminal victims has been changed. From the last half of twentieth century, crime victims have been considered as autonomous beings who can enjoy their own freedom and human dignity in the criminal law theory and system. However in the accomplishment of criminal law's purpose pursuing the substantial truth and the prevention of crimes, they can't be remained as outsiders anymore. This phenomenon can be easily found in the current study direction of other nations' law. I started this study for the purpose of examining the present law's attitude toward the protection of criminal victims and establishing more effective and the comparative legal research. This study concentrates on the protection of crime victims' rights in the field of Victimology. The method of this study is focused on the examining of various important articles related to the field of criminal law.