마약범죄의 한계와 효율적 통제를 위한 제언

Abstract

As drug crimes become a very serious problem all over the world, various measures are suggested to analyze the cause and solve the problem. Drug abuse-related problems are currently considered not just a personal matter, but a national issue. Drug crimes therefore have varying definitions such as international crime, victimless crime, etc. and punishment is perceived differently depending on each country's social and cultural background. Drug crimes are attributed to direct or indirect causes including an individual attempt to escape from reality, intended abuse by criminal groups, crimes committed by drug addicts to buy expensive drugs, and secondary crimes committed in drug-induced hallucinations. Transnational drug crimes threaten the country's economic activity and national security, so it is required to recognize the seriousness of drug crimes at national and society levels. Accordingly, comprehensive countermeasures need to be developed by establishing related criminal policies, laws, and institutions. This study tried to understand the current situation centering on the general characteristics of drug crimes and to identify the reality centering on the characteristics of drug users and drug supply and distribution. This study also determined the causes based on criminological evidence to point out the limitations of drug crimes and proposed implications for policies to control drug crimes.