아동학대 실태와 대처에 관한 한․일 비교 — 유형별 분석과 대응 과정 비교를 중심으로 —

Abstract

Currently, Korea and Japan, where the increase in child abuse is at its peak, are increasing social interest in child abuse. Therefore, in this paper, implications for Korean society were derived by comparing the situation and content of child abuse in both Korea and Japan. First, emotional abuse has a significant impact on life after abuse, so continuous care for victims is needed, second, the system needs to be maintained so that police can intervene directly in the process of responding to child abuse, third, thorough monitoring of perpetrators, and fourth, medical systems from pregnancy to infant health diagnosis. Recently, Korea and Japan are gradually increasing the number of cases of finding signs of abuse due to children going to school, recovering from their daily lives, which were limited by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In addition, as social awareness of the child abuse prevention education of those obligated to report and the seriousness of child abuse increases, more and more abuse is being found due to the increase in the number of reported cases. For child abuse, prevention and response to events are important, but the most important part is discovery. In the case of Korea, even if you look at the reporting route, it can be seen that there are more non-reporting obligations than reporting obligations. Therefore, it is suggested that education for those obligated to report child abuse needs to be generalized through public education institutions rather than limited to those obligated to report.