While the funds are desperately needed of course, fortunately great strides have been made in combating domestic violence in recent years, primarily due to a 2007 law change that requires police to forward all cases of domestic violence to a prosecutor (the previous 1998 law just left it up to their own discretion). But, for example, a date rape involving drugs is a private crime.)Ģ) Non-Asians in Korean Music Videos: A Response ( Source)ģ) A Place of Refuge: The Sae Gil ShelterĪ very welcome follow up to its February article on the Busan performance of the Vagina Monologues (videos below), BusanHaps tells us more about the Sae Gil Shelter for victims of domestic violence, which the show managed to raise 3.4 million won for. a violent case of rape, is a public crime. (Fortunately, this situation was redressed in 2008 by a new law that made child molestation a public crime.) Also, the inclusion of rape as a private crime is roundly criticized by many legal scholars, as it puts a burden on the victim to pursue what is a very serious crime that significantly threatens the social order.
And often, a molested child would come from a broken home, in which the parent would rather take a lump sum of cash right away rather than ensuring that the child rapist would go to jail. Since a child does not have the legal decision-making authority, the parents would handle the private crime process. Also, sometimes it is not the victim herself who enters into the settlement. This used to lead to an incredibly outrageous situation in case of child molestation. If a person is beat up, the person might suffer a lingering damage that does not flare up until the settlement amount was computed. Probably the biggest flaw is that often, a victim of a crime cannot properly assess the extent of her loss through the crime. With a lot of pros in practice, unfortunately there are also some big cons in relation to sex crimes specifically: In essential reading for all expats, Ask a Korean! clears up misunderstandings about how and why victims of crimes are often offered the choice of quick financial compensation from perpetrators, rather than the latter automatically being prosecuted by the state.
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