아동 대상 성폭력범죄 처벌 수준에 관한 연구

Sexual violences mean all sexual abuses against the victims' will and the victims are mostly women and children. Sex crimes against children, especially, could be more crucial than homicide to the victims because these crimes can take away the whole lives of not only the victims but also their family members. Sex crimes mostly unreported make it difficult to reveal the real harm they causes because there are few evidences left without the statement from the victims concerned. The laws related sex violences stipulates that any sex crime against children should be punished more heavily than that of against adult; nevertheless, actual court sentences in most cases end up lighter than the sentence set by the law. Families, society and the nation have the responsibility to protect their children so that they can grow up healthy and wholesome. However, sex crimes taking place within homes and their neighborhood prevent the children from growing up as healthy adults because the crimes make the young victims, who should be protected, rather be the subject of the crimes, consequently letting them suffer from severe physical and mental trauma. Therefore, sex violences against children should be considered strictly in criteria of as followings; the harm to the victims, criminal liability of the offender and the level of danger the crime bring to the society. Not to mention, there is no need to provide continuous education to the members of the society for better understanding of gender sensitivity as well as the education for children, the fulfillment of precaution measures is also needed. In addition, there should be supplementary acts for related legislation, also alternative policies in order to prevent sexual assaults, furthermore to protect the young victims in proper ways.