@article{ART003302987},
author={Jun Jae-Hong and Heo Sung Wook and Park Chae Won and Yeom Keon-Ryeong},
title={A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes},
journal={Industry Promotion Research},
issn={2466-1139},
year={2026},
volume={11},
number={1},
pages={427-440},
doi={10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jun Jae-Hong
AU - Heo Sung Wook
AU - Park Chae Won
AU - Yeom Keon-Ryeong
TI - A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes
JO - Industry Promotion Research
PY - 2026
VL - 11
IS - 1
PB - Industrial Promotion Institute
SP - 427
EP - 440
SN - 2466-1139
AB - This study aims to examine the institutional limitations of the current system for protecting victims of stalking crimes and to explore the public-interest role and potential of private investigators as a complementary alternative. Although stalking is a high-risk crime characterized by repetition and persistence, existing institutional frameworks and public authority responses reveal structural weaknesses in providing long-term, continuous, and victim-centered protection beyond initial interventions. To address this issue, this study adopts a literature-based approach to analyze the causes and types of stalking crimes, as well as the institutional gaps that emerge during the case-handling process. Based on this analysis, the study examines the roles that public interest–oriented private investigators can perform within the victim protection system. The findings suggest that private investigators can function as risk managers for victims, supplements to existing protection mechanisms through systematic evidence collection, providers of physical protection and monitoring, and responders to cyberstalking. Rather than replacing public authority, private investigators can serve as cooperative public-interest actors who enhance the continuity and effectiveness of stalking victim protection systems.
KW - Private Investigation;Stalking Crime;Protection of Stalking Victims;Public Interest-Oriented Private Investigator;Private Investigator for Crime Victim Support
DO - 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
ER -
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won and Yeom Keon-Ryeong. (2026). A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes. Industry Promotion Research, 11(1), 427-440.
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won and Yeom Keon-Ryeong. 2026, "A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes", Industry Promotion Research, vol.11, no.1 pp.427-440. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won, Yeom Keon-Ryeong "A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes" Industry Promotion Research 11.1 pp.427-440 (2026) : 427.
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won, Yeom Keon-Ryeong. A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes. 2026; 11(1), 427-440. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won and Yeom Keon-Ryeong. "A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes" Industry Promotion Research 11, no.1 (2026) : 427-440.doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong; Heo Sung Wook; Park Chae Won; Yeom Keon-Ryeong. A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes. Industry Promotion Research, 11(1), 427-440. doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong; Heo Sung Wook; Park Chae Won; Yeom Keon-Ryeong. A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes. Industry Promotion Research. 2026; 11(1) 427-440. doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won, Yeom Keon-Ryeong. A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes. 2026; 11(1), 427-440. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
Jun Jae-Hong, Heo Sung Wook, Park Chae Won and Yeom Keon-Ryeong. "A Study on the Public-Interest Role of Private Investigation in Protecting Victims of Stalking Crimes" Industry Promotion Research 11, no.1 (2026) : 427-440.doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.1.427
