지방자치단체 범죄피해자 관련 조례의 현황과 과제

In order to cope with various needs and desires of crime victims, the national crime victim protection and support policies should be centered on local communities and local autonomous entity. However, in the meantime, the relevant public officials have passively established regulations related to crime victims or developed policies. In particular, the 「Act of Crime Victim Protection」 stipulates the establishment and enforcement of the local government’s responsibility for the protection and support of crime victims and the annual implementation plan. However, local governments remain at the formal and passive level in the application and operation of the regulations. The local ordinance related to the crime victims of the local autonomous entity provided the legal basis for the protection and support policy of the victims of crime. In this sense, “the third (2017-2021) basic plan for the protection and support of crime victims” announced in September 2016 has significance. The basic plan is to expand the role of local autonomous entities related to crime victims and to strengthen accountability, and aims to expand the enactment of ordinances for the protection and support of crime victims. Therefore, this article analyzed the ordinances of local governments related to crime victims and suggested the following remedies. First, it is necessary to clarify the identity of local autonomous entities in the ordinances of local governments under the 「Act of Crime Victim Protection」. Second, it is necessary to revise the ordinances of the local autonomous entities as the ordinances that develop the policies reflecting the characteristics of the local autonomous bodies and embody them. Finally, the relationship between the Crime Victims Ordinance and the Specific Crime Victims Ordinance must be clarified. And we must strive to improve the Crime victim Ordinance.