@article{ART003210398},
author={Park, Seong-Cheol and Lee John Girl},
title={A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes},
journal={Legal Theory & Practice Review},
issn={2288-1840},
year={2025},
volume={13},
number={2},
pages={653-670}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park, Seong-Cheol
AU - Lee John Girl
TI - A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes
JO - Legal Theory & Practice Review
PY - 2025
VL - 13
IS - 2
PB - The Korea Society for Legal Theory and Practice Inc.
SP - 653
EP - 670
SN - 2288-1840
AB - Driving is essential in modern life. Most road traffic accidents do not violate social or ethical values. Traffic accidents are not intentional incidents that occur in our daily lives like ordinary crimes. Traffic accidents are simple violations of order or negligent acts due to carelessness. Decriminalizing traffic accidents can reduce various costs by reducing the workload of the judicial authorities. Therefore, traffic accidents should be decriminalized in order to maintain citizens’ lives and promote convenience, rather than making numerous people into criminals due to traffic accidents, causing various disruptions in social life, and causing economic and family instability, thereby impoverishing citizens’ lives. It is reasonable to regulate traffic violations as administrative violations of order, not crimes. Serious traffic violations should be subject to administrative measures, and orders to attend classes, community service, and treatment should be imposed. In addition, traffic crimes that cause casualties of minor magnitude are, in principle, decriminalized if an agreement or insurance is signed. It is also desirable to apply criminal sanctions as is currently the case for traffic crimes that cause casualties of serious injury or death.
KW - Traffic crimes;Decriminalization;Violation of order;Violation of administrative laws and regulations;Traffic accident crimes
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Park, Seong-Cheol and Lee John Girl. (2025). A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes. Legal Theory & Practice Review, 13(2), 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol and Lee John Girl. 2025, "A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes", Legal Theory & Practice Review, vol.13, no.2 pp.653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol, Lee John Girl "A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes" Legal Theory & Practice Review 13.2 pp.653-670 (2025) : 653.
Park, Seong-Cheol, Lee John Girl. A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes. 2025; 13(2), 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol and Lee John Girl. "A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes" Legal Theory & Practice Review 13, no.2 (2025) : 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol; Lee John Girl. A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes. Legal Theory & Practice Review, 13(2), 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol; Lee John Girl. A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes. Legal Theory & Practice Review. 2025; 13(2) 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol, Lee John Girl. A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes. 2025; 13(2), 653-670.
Park, Seong-Cheol and Lee John Girl. "A Study on the Decriminalization of Traffic Crimes" Legal Theory & Practice Review 13, no.2 (2025) : 653-670.
