Recently, school violence has become more than just a prank that occurs among students, and as the level of damage increases, investigations and measures are being taken to address the issue. In addition, as the results of measures taken against schoo...
Recently, school violence has become more than just a prank that occurs among students, and as the level of damage increases, investigations and measures are being taken to address the issue. In addition, as the results of measures taken against school violence are recorded in student records, preserved and managed, and reflected in college entrance examinations, the number of cases of dissatisfaction with the results of handling school violence cases, such as administrative appeals, administrative lawsuits, and suspension of execution, is increasing. Because the definition of school violence stipulated in the current “School Violence Prevention and Countermeasures Act” is very similar to the types of crimes in the “Criminal Act“, and the “School Violence Case Handling Guidebook”, which is used in practice, lists examples of acts repeatedly. And this is because there is no specific system established to ensure clarity and transparency in the investigation procedures for school violence cases.
Accordingly, this paper first examined the definition of school violence, analysis of the current state of affairs, and the process of handling cases. Based on this, specific improvement measures were proposed to ensure the effectiveness of handling school violence cases. They also argued that if the human rights of both the perpetrator and the victim are not respected and transparent and balanced measures are not taken, and if school violence is interpreted broadly and leads to punitive punishment, it could have an effect that runs counter to the legislative purpose of the Act on Prevention of and Countermeasures against School Violence.