• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.29-39
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• 2024

Citizens living in modern society are exposed to various types of crime, are increasingly concerned about safety issues, and have a high level of awareness of crime in reality. Accordingly, efforts are being made to prepare response plans at the judicial agency level and strengthen security services, but the reality is that various limitations are being revealed. To complement and replace this, the private investigation industry was created, but since there are no laws or restrictions on business activities, social side effects are occurring. This study seeks to determine the policy direction to secure public institutionalization in the private security service area of private investigation before the legalization of private investigation. To this end, we focused on borrowing a public model by studying and comparatively analyzing previous studies, cases, and systems related to the domestic and foreign private investigation industry. Through this, it must be developed in a way that improves the public and social functions of private investigation. This is a combination of the private investigation function of the private investigation industry and the surveillance function of specialized areas with specialized knowledge in each social field, it is to expand the scope of public interest private investigator who play the role of such as the fair election surveillance function and environmental crime surveillance function. By increasing public interest as an essential condition for the development of a sustainable private investigation industry, the private investigation industry will be established as a social tool that protects the interests of the people and improves their rights.