피해자와 정보제공에 관한 연구

Criminal victims are entitled to rights in accordance with provisions of related laws in society, and the fundamental rights they are entitled to include being supplied with necessary information about the perpetrator who has inflicted damages on him or her. There are many countries in the world that consider the provision of critical information about assailants to the victims to be the basic rights of victims. As the result of this recognition, these countries make it a legal stipulation in their laws, and have support systems to this effect. Victims need to be respected and treated properly in the whole gamut of criminal judiciary procedures so that they may have their fundamental rights protected in essence. A typical example of this treatment is the legal guarantee of the supply of the necessary information about the assailants to the victims. This attempts to consider a victim one who has an inalienable interest in matters regarding what goes on with the prosecution proceedings on criminal judiciary and how the criminal prosecuted is dealt with, which is quite different from the past practise that saw a victim just part of witnesses. Balanced comparative understanding should be implemented when one attempts to supply victims with the information about an perpetrator. In this respect ,it is required to look into what other countries attempt to protect the victims' rights to know all necessary information about wrongdoers, particularly focusing on the provision of information about the assailants to the victims. We will be able to eliminate problems and reduce limitations regarding the provision of information about the assailants to the victims by dint of a comparative study of the support systems for victims of other countries and those of our country. This efforts will help us find ideas on how to improve our situation. With regard to the provision of information about the assailants to the victims,this paper places in particular emphasis on VNS(Victim Notification System) as an example, a system implemented in America. A more active use of internet networks will help the legal enforcement authorities supply victims with necessary information at every stage of the procedures of criminal action regarding lawsuit procedures when they are in need of it. The development and implementation of a new and feasible system by dint of the Internet will make it possible to do so. The VNS serves an example. This paper attempts to explore a more effective and efficient method of providing victims with sufficient amount of necessary information about perpetrators when they are in need of it based on VNS developed and implemented in America, introduce a Korean version of VNS which is feasible in Korea.