Structuring of Integrated Support Network for the Crime Victims and Efficient Operation Plan

Abstract

The service scheme for protection and support of the crime victims in the past has the public and private crime victim support centers to provide a simple economic support-oriented service, but it has been criticised that the economic support-oriented service does not satisfy diversified demands of those victims. Therefore, the local governments and private organizations that provide social services have structured an integrated support network for the crime victims in order to facilitate the recovery from damages and losses through the network system. The integrated support network for the crime victims shares mutually required services with diverse entities consisting of public and private organizations, police, hospitals, psychological counseling offices and others that provide social welfare services in local communities through entering into MOUs. This system may enhance overall utility value through expanding the use of service resources and efficient distribution within the local communities, preventing the repeated provision of services, and useful means to provide various services to crime victims. Therefore, for the successful structuring and efficient operation of the integrated support network, it is critical for all public and private social service constituents within the local communities to enthusiastically participate in while the network participating organizations to strengthen the sustained and organic cooperation. However, there are a number of issues emerged in structuring of the integrated support network for the crime victims and operation process. With respect to the scheme of policy to address these issues, there are suggestions of converting the service scheme to protect and support the crime victims, improvement of social service related legal system, enhancement of specialization for the network operator, supplementation of insufficient specialized human resources and others. In order to improve these issues, the endeavor of the government is important as well as the entire community to place effort for prompt system improvement to enable those crime victims to return to their ordinary daily affairs through restoration from losses.