아동학대개입시 상담원의 신변보호를 위한 법제도적 개선방안

초록

The Korean justice system in dealing with child abuse encompasses two distinct subsystems : the criminal justice system and the child protection system. These subsystems are functioning as separate, and the major mission of child protection service(CPC) workers is to provide the maltreated children and their family with appropriate protection services. But many CPS workers have experienced violence or any other threats to their safety in working with children's parents or other guardians. This may impede the effectiveness of child protection intervention. This paper reviews the interactions between these two subsystems in intervention of child abuse cases and proposes that safety of CPS workers can be enhanced by structural improvement of cooperation relationship between CPS workers and police officers. Typically child protection agencies initially screen out the cases based on many suspicions and other informations, and the cases are referred to police and prosecutors only when the CPS worker has an opinion that the seriousness of the case justifies the punishment. This practices expose the CPS worker to serious danger, because it seems to be that the CPS worker executes their duties just like a police officer. So this paper suggests that the coordinate cooperations system between CPS worker and police officer should be anchored in our two-track system. Especially when CPS workers have information that indicates that the family behavior or situation could pose a danger to CPS worker, they must coordinate assessment and intervention activities with police officers.

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