The Act on the Protection of Youth from Sexual Exploitation(hereinafter 'the Act') which was enacted on 7. 1. 2000. adopted a few remarkable regulations concerning the protection of youth from sexual abuse. Such are sanction of adult purchasing sex wi...
The Act on the Protection of Youth from Sexual Exploitation(hereinafter 'the Act') which was enacted on 7. 1. 2000. adopted a few remarkable regulations concerning the protection of youth from sexual abuse. Such are sanction of adult purchasing sex with youth, public notification system of sex offenders, and child pornography regulation.
The new regulations concerning the protection of youth from sexual abuse in the Act arouse so many issues, which need legal analysis and theory construction. Actually the child pornography regulation system was reviewed judicially by the Constitutional Court on 4. 25. 2002., and the constitutional litigation around the constitutionality of public notification system of sex offenders is pending.
The purpose of this study is to analyse problems of the new regulations concerning the protection of youth from sexual abuse in the Act, and to present proposals for the reform of the Act.
Consequently, the proposals for the reform of the Act are as follows;
At first, the sanction of adult purchasing sex with youth, and child pornography regulation should be expanded.
Secondly, the sex offender registration system should be adopted to manage public notification system of sex offenders efficiently.
Thirdly, the sanctions of occupational debarment which limit sex offenders' accessibility to youth should be adopted to prevent sexual offenses.