A Study on Security Methods Against Stalking Crime

스토킹 범죄의 현황과 대책

This study would focus on actual conditions of stalking, which are getting more serious, and security methods. In current society, there has been rapid change inprocess towards the information society from the industrial society. This aspect of change has brought out the wide range of social and pathological situations. Moreover, it has produced a number of new types of crime, which can not be analysed by the values of traditional ethics and morals. Currently, there have been the appearance of diverse types crime, however, the stalking can be regarded as a kind of new comer in the issue of contemporary crimes. The stalking has been focused on famous people and entertainers in the past, whereas more seriously, the range of victims has expanded to the general public in recent. In particular, the stalking is closely connected with sexual harrassment. The most of the stalking have happened between men and women. Therefore, it can be mentioned that shadowing, trespassing, threatening, watching and concealment in the first would move on harrassment and even murder. The stalking has been based on anonymity, following the information- oriented trend. Also, it shows its seriousness that the range of stalking victims has been expanded from limited people to the general public. Hence, all possible governmental and private resources need to be converged into the construction of social, legal and security methods for the protection and counterplan against the stalking.