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The Seoul Central District Court said Sunday that three criminal departments will be dedicated to child abuse cases. This is the first time for the district court to exclusively operate benches for child abuse crimes.
All municipal police stations will also start having forces dedicated to tackling child abuse cases nationwide this year in light of several high-profile murder cases involving children with parents being the offenders.
Police said Sunday 350 such forces will be assigned to the job this month and the number will be increased to around 1,000 next year.
This year alone, three children were found to have been beaten to death by one or both of their parents, who also hid their bodies. The government has since been fortifying searches for students that have been reported absent for a long period of time.
Municipal governments have also been joining the campaign against child abuse.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday it will start providing parental education against child abuse. Parents that have completed the course will be given priority to send their children to public childcare centers. State-supervised child care centers are popular but short in supply with the waiting list usually extending to hundreds of people.
“While priority will still be given to single-parent or dual-income households, those that have the same overall qualifications will be able to benefit from the new system,” the city said, saying they hoped this would push more parents to attend the classes.
The number of reported child abuse cases has been rising. In Seoul, 720 cases were reported in 2012 and this increased to 815 in 2013, 954 in 2014 and 532 in just the first half of 2015.
Most of the offenders are parents. According to the Welfare Ministry, 45.2 percent of all reported child abuse cases in 2014 were committed by biological fathers and 32.0 percent by biological mothers.
Laws on punishing child abuse crimes have been revised over the past year to obligate teachers, public servants dealing with child care and welfare policies, medical staff and employees at child care facilities to report any suspicious case of child abuse. Failure to make a report will mean they can be fined up to 5 million won. However, so far no such penalties have been meted out yet.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
All municipal police stations will also start having forces dedicated to tackling child abuse cases nationwide this year in light of several high-profile murder cases involving children with parents being the offenders.
Police said Sunday 350 such forces will be assigned to the job this month and the number will be increased to around 1,000 next year.
This year alone, three children were found to have been beaten to death by one or both of their parents, who also hid their bodies. The government has since been fortifying searches for students that have been reported absent for a long period of time.
Municipal governments have also been joining the campaign against child abuse.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday it will start providing parental education against child abuse. Parents that have completed the course will be given priority to send their children to public childcare centers. State-supervised child care centers are popular but short in supply with the waiting list usually extending to hundreds of people.
“While priority will still be given to single-parent or dual-income households, those that have the same overall qualifications will be able to benefit from the new system,” the city said, saying they hoped this would push more parents to attend the classes.
The number of reported child abuse cases has been rising. In Seoul, 720 cases were reported in 2012 and this increased to 815 in 2013, 954 in 2014 and 532 in just the first half of 2015.
Most of the offenders are parents. According to the Welfare Ministry, 45.2 percent of all reported child abuse cases in 2014 were committed by biological fathers and 32.0 percent by biological mothers.
Laws on punishing child abuse crimes have been revised over the past year to obligate teachers, public servants dealing with child care and welfare policies, medical staff and employees at child care facilities to report any suspicious case of child abuse. Failure to make a report will mean they can be fined up to 5 million won. However, so far no such penalties have been meted out yet.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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Articles by Korea Herald
