• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.11-19
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• 2011

The spread of computer and network gets various social and economic activities done quickly and efficiently. As a result, it makes a crime using network easy and increases the vulnerability of a social system. As there is a crime as a social being, we need to give careful consideration to the crime occurring in virtual space. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the regulatory need of the Criminal Procedure concerning the network security issues as the new legal and regulatory space that begins to be realized from the late of 20th century because of the extent of social threat. Above all, we addresses whether the amendment of existing legal regulations is necessary, based on the special characteristics of the virtual space.