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Relationship between Various Crime 1 st Question

Number of Crime in Korea : 1,977, : 2,004, : 2,080, : 1,893, : 1,829, : 1,965,977

Number of Crime (In detail) 1 Type of Crime Murder Violence Larceny Smuggle Drugs

Unemployment rate in Korea : 752, : 818, : 860, : 867, : 827, : 783,000

Relationship between crime and unemployment It’s not really obvious that unemployment presage crime. However, unemployment does affect to the crime. During 2002 to 2004 the number of unemployment and crime both increased. However, during 2005 to 2007 when number of unemployment increases then number of crime decreases and when number of unemployment decreases, it has opposite result. In conclusion, unemployment may affect to crime somehow but that influential.

Crime 3 rd Question

Sexual Assault (Rape)

Sexual Assault (Rape): Example Nayoung Case: Is an incident that took place in December 2008, in which an eight year old girl (alias Nayoung) was on her way to school when she was kidnapped by 57 year old Cho Doo Soon, who was drunk at the time. Cho raped and beat Nayoung at a public squat toilet. Nayoung had injures to her internal organs, and was and taken to a hospital, surviving the incident. Cho was arrested and eventually sentenced to twelve years in prison.

Sexual Assault (Rape) 41.4% of criminals were an employee and 27.1% were unemployed person. From the criminals 34.1% were graduated from high school and 7.4% were graduated from middle school 3. From the victims 87.3% were women and 12.7% were men 3. Accidental motive were 45.6%, curiosity were 14.0% 3.

Sexual Assault (Rape) Often the victim doesn’t want others know about what happened to her/him, so she/he hide the fact that they were raped by others. That’s one of the biggest reason why it’s hard to catch sex offender in Korea. The society is also the problem because they don’t face the victim with same as before.

Court System 5 th Question

Court System Three levels of courts: – Distinct Court: Included a specialized Family court, is the court of original jurisdiction (akin to trial court). – High Court: The intermediate appellate court and an appeal from a District Court case is heard. – Supreme Court: The highest court in the Korea. The chief judge of the supreme court is appointed by president.

Court System cont Supreme Court The Office of Court Administration Training Institute for Court Clerks The Judicial Research and Training Institute Supreme Court Library High Court Distinct Court Branch Court Patent Court Branch Court As you can recognize it from the diagram there is only one supreme court in Korea. Unlike the diagram there are 5 high courts. There are more than 20 distinct courts and one patent court.

Court System cont Constitutional Court system 4 : – NOT part of the regular judicial system. – Include following issues 1)The constitutionality of a law upon the request of the courts 2)Impeachment 3)Dissolution of a political party 4)Competence disputes between state agencies, between state agencies and local governments, and between local governments 5)Constitutional complaints as prescribed by law

Court System - Supreme Court - The highest judicial tribunal in the nation. The Supreme Court is comprised of the Chief Justice and 13 Justices, serving as the final and highest tribunal regarding civil, criminal, family, administrative and military cases. The National Court Administration is headed by the Minister who concurrently serves as a Justice.

Court System: Civil Case Case: High school teacher spilled the exam manuscript to the students and one of the student accused the teacher ( ). Procedure 5 : – Trial Proceedings – Appeal Proceedings – Trial Proceedings on a Small Claim Case – Civil Conciliation Proceedings – Civil Execution Procedure – Statement of Property, Debt Defaulter Roster, and Property Inquiry – Provisional Attachment and Provisional Disposition Procedure

Statistics of litigation for civil case Statistics from the Supreme Court of South Korea6

Court System: Criminal Case Case: The passenger attacked the taxi driver due to the fact that the taxi fee is too expensive ( ). Procedure 5 : – Investigation and Accusation – Hearing – Right to Counsel – Request for Warrant of Detention and Examination of the Suspect – Review of Legality of Arrest and Detention, and Release on Bail – Principle of Free Evaluation of Evidence and Confession of the Accused – Judgment – Appeal Proceedings – Summary Trial Proceedings for Minor Offenses

Statistics of litigation for criminal case Statistics from the Supreme Court of South Korea6

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