경호학의 학문적 정체성 확립에 관한 연구

Abstract

Citizens of contemporary society have a desire to live in a safe society through liberation from rampant Mormonism giving rise to the tendency of disrespect towards human beings, maladies of modern society, instability caused by changes in the security environment, fear of crime, insecurity and uncertainty. Such a desire is working as a factor in promoting and developing the 'Security Science'. 'Security Science' is a systematic knowledge of safety activities that aim to safeguard those being protected by security guards from dangers. In other words, Security Science is a comprehensive study that scientifically explores various circumstances associated with security in complex and diversified social phenomena. The 'Security Science' study began in the late 1960s, when the first security-related theses were written. In the mid-1990s, the first 'Security Science Department' was opened in undergraduate studies. Since then, the Security Science Department has been expanding rapidly. Currently, Security Science Department has been opened and operated in more than 50 universities. Furthermore, graduate schools have also opened master’s and doctoral programs in Security Science to produce security experts and security scientists. However, the study, called 'Security Science', is encountering difficulty in establishing its academic identity. For this purpose, top priority would need to be given to facilitating Security Science to establish its position as an academic field. Presently, 'Security Science' is not included in the academic research classification table of the National Research Foundation of Korea. Therefore, in-depth research needs to be carried out in order to integrate 'Security Science' into academic research field by gathering the opinions from the scholars of Security Science with respect to the academic position and classification of 'Security Science'. This study was intended to promote resolution of such problems. Additionally, the results of this study would provide basic data for revising the classification table of academic research areas in the period ahead. This study was conducted based on literature review. As a task to establish the academic identity of Security Science, this study was intended to examine the academic classification (academic research field organization) as opined by the scholars of Security Science and discuss alternative solutions through preparation and collection of questionnaires and interview with scholars of Security Science nationwide on the basis of the classification (draft) of research area related to Security Science which was presented by preceding studies. The results of this study showed that the scholars of Security Science considered the Security Science categorized as social science by 66.34%, complex study by 24.75%, art and physical education by 4.95%, and others by 3.96% in connection with the inclusion of Security Science in the academic classification (draft). In other words, it showed that the Security Science would need to be classified into the academic category of social science. In addition, the Security Science was found to be considered as part of the realm of social science aiming to promote understanding of various social phenomenon and scientific exploration in terms of academic classification based on literatures on Security Science. As the Security Science is regarded as a complex study in terms of substance, it is also considered that it can be classified into academic category of complex study.