동반자살에 관한 연구

Abstract

Since 2003, the phenomenon of suicide, especially murder-suicide, in Korea has been increased sharply and has been regarded as one of serious social problems. As people treat it with sympathy more and more, however, it is difficult to study how to cope with the situation and take a measure to solve it. Murder-suicide is a socially maladaptive behavior and can be considered as one of the example for types of domestic violence. Therefore, a precautionary measure should be taken for it. This study aimed to examine causes and types of murder-suicide and to develop a countermeasure for the phenomenon. This study reviewed ten of Korean daily newspapers from 2000 to 2004, examined them focusing on murder-suicide cases to analyze the number, the place of the occurrence, and the types, and then investigated profoundly the problem related to the phenomenon and the countermeasures suggested. Followings can be considered as pre-post countermeasures for murder-suicide: As a pre-countermeasure for murder-suicide, it is needed to let the nation recognize the policies of the government related to the phenomenon and establish the network of social security to help the poor to overcome poverty at home. In particular, the government should establish concrete programs to support poor families. It is also required for the government to give attention to sites on the net that play a role as a medium of murder-suicide and to take a measure to prevent people from visiting the sites. As a post-countermeasure for murder-suicide, a program should be set up that educate and train survivors of murder-suicide or family members who lost their members by murder-suicide in order not to commit it again. In addition, there should be a plan to protect children who are the victims of murder-suicide.