해외 스토킹 처벌법 입법례 관련 시행효과 및 시사점

Since last year, as distance due to Covid has gradually eased, stalk ing crimes targeting the underprivileged have been gradually been incre asing. On September 14, 2022, a 31-year-old male Ju-hwan Jeon brut ally murdered a 28-year-old female station employee with a deadly w eapon in the women's bathroom at Sindang Station. It was a murder ca se that took place just a day before the first trial after the defendant J eon was accused of stalking the victim for illegal filming, which he was sentenced to 9 years for that in prison on September 29th apart from t he Sindang Station murder case. In Republic of Korea, as the "Stalking Punishment Act" was enacted on April 20, 2021, perpetrators of stalkin g are punished up to 5 years in prison or a fine of 50 million won. Ho wever, in the case of the defendant Jeon, despite the ongoing investigation and despite the fact that he had submitted several statements of a pology, he went to the victim again and committed additional crimes, w hich is why he was sentenced higher than the usual sentence. Murder c ase of the defendant Jeon will proceed separately. Fortunately, as the s talking punishment law was passed in 2021, defendant Jeon was able to receive the punishment he deserved. However, despite, it has been poin ted out that realistic effective protection of victims is not enough yet b ecause the current Korean stalking punishment law is unfortunately limi ted to emergency and provisional measures. This could mean that bette r practical and effective stalking legislation and policies are indispensabl e. In order to present a better direction for Korea's stalking-related le gislation and policy tasks, the paper will look at the seriousness of stal king crimes within the international community, current Anti-Stalking L aw in Korea, and the legislative policies related to stalking punishment laws by respective countries and their implementation effects.