범죄피해자 지원방안 ― 민간피해자지원단체의 활성화를 중심으로 ―

Until now, the victim’s right, which was closely defined by forgotten entity, victim, and audience within the context of Criminal Law, was always put aside in order to detect the true nature for am efficiency in settling the matter and public benefit. In this regard, the assistance and protection for victims have always remained as an unresolved problem. For this reason, the People’s Organization for Victim Assistance came into place as a strategy to supplement the national assistance for victims. Japan in this sense is already ahead of Korea in regard to a victim assistance supplemented by the People’s Organization for Victim Assistance and they are currently maintaining its high standard. For this reason, it is essential to examine the related phenomenon taking place in Japan as well as to apply the corresponding findings into Korean cases. However, it is not viable to unconditionally accept those findings from Japan but it is advised for a critical process of customization and improvement so the sources are suitable for the conditions experienced in Korea before actually bringing them in. The appearance of the People’s Organization for Victim Assistance clearly provided keys to solve problems related to victim protection, which formerly was an unresolved on-going issue. Consequently, the people-based assistance for victims needs to be considered as a measure of supplementing incompleteness of the support for victims lead by the nation as well as to suitably collaborate aforementioned sources in order to provide the support that victims sincerely require.