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Yak-yong Chung's View on the Criminal Justice and Suggestions on Criminal Justice Policy

  • 인문논총
  • 2010, 25(), pp.111-142
  • Publisher : Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities

Kim, Jin-Hyeok 1

1경남대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Criminal justice system in the modern society has not fulfilled its original purpose, and it seems due to the fact that the system has failed to take a comprehensive approach to criminal cases. The judiciary is taking a leading role in controlling crimes as the authorities, but as crime is a social problem, it can be resolved without cooperation from a social community. In this regard, Yak yong Chung’s view on the judiciary carries significance with regard to the modern criminal justice system. Dasan Yak yong Chung’s view on the criminal Justice is based on affection toward human being. For this reason, his teaching goes beyond his time and becomes relevant even today. As Yak yong Chung said, it seems necessary to innovate criminal justice institutions first in order to realize people oriented criminal justice. Efforts need to be made to reduce types of crimes and realize de empowerment. In addition, criminal justice officials need to be equipped with a sense of justice and integrity. Each institution needs to make cooperation to achieve purposes as if they were one body, and they need to focus on helping criminals returning to the society instead of being preoccupied with punishing them. In the meantime, a social community that existed in the past needs to be restored from the socio environmental perspectives. If a social community is restored based on consistent human relationships and if its members are attached to one another as if they were one family, it will create the first round of social safety net. If so, criminal justice institutions would be able to cooperatewith the social community to deal with career criminals or culprits. What is the most important thing is to change perception in the society so that hostility against criminals can be overcome and they can be accepted to the society once again.

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