범죄피해 외상자의 형사절차 및 법률지원에 따른 심리적 경험에 관한 질적 연구†

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand crime trauma victims’ psychological experience from criminal procedure and legal assiatance. Based on this understanding, this study examines effective support measures. To this end, six victims of violent crime (including sexual violence) victims that are going through psychotherapy at the Smile Center were interviewed with four questions related to psychotherapy experience, trial results, criminal procedures, and legal assistance. Results from the interviews were analyzed through qualitative case study method. As a result, psychological experience from psychotherapy process was analyzed in twenty semantic units, nine sub categories, and three upper categories. Three upper categories were ‘negative experience before psychotherapy,’ ‘treatment process that was helpful,’ and ‘effect of psychotherapy.’ Analysis of psychological experience according to trial result showed seventeen semantic units, seven sub categories, and three upper categories. Three upper categories were ‘positive experience from satisfying trial result,’ ‘negative experience from unsatisfactory trial result,’ and ‘uneasy psychological experience before release of the trial outcome.’ Analysis of psychological experience from criminal procedures revealed twenty-one semantic units, nine sub categories, and three upper categories. The upper categories in this case were ‘suffering from the process,’ ‘experience of psychological pain,’ and ‘expecting justice.’ Analysis of psychological experience from legal assistance process showed seventeen semantic units, six sub categories, and three upper categories. This segment of the analysis could be explained by three upper categories—’experience of effectiveness,‘ ’experience of psychological support,‘ and ’some pressure.‘ This study is meaningful because it suggests the importance of criminal procedures and legal assistance in the process of the victim’s psychotherapy. In addition, it is meaningful because it suggests the need for an effective support mechanism for the victim’s psychological stabilization.