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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: reporting child abuse |
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has anyone here ever reported child abuse to the authorities?
i've been exploring the possibility of doing so and have come across this website for the korean national child protection agency.
http://korea1391.org/
i don't know if it's been posted here before. from what i can tell, a foreigner taking action on this may be a bit futile, but there seem to be more resources out there than i had expected.
some psychotic ajuma may get a nasty surprise courtesy me.
but i'm not holding my breath. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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As hard as it is, you're much better off not getting involved. This country's legal system is practically designed to make sure abusive people never get punished.
1) Korean liable law is a joke. If you say something bad about someone, whether or not it's true, YOU can get sued for it. You're a waygook which means you're possibly risking yourself by doing the right thing.
2) The language barrier will make it even harder for you to get your point across.
3) Physical/sexual abuse is a don't ask/don't tell kind of thing. Child abuse is not discussed, nor is sexual abuse. Hell, at many schools (hagwon and public) the kids get smacked around. Which leads me to my final point:
4) Even though it's technically illegal to physically or sexually abuse someone, you need to get the coppers to actually enforce the law. Not sure how long you've been here, but the cops don't enforce shit here. Traffic laws are another example of laws that are on the books but never enforced.
Am I saying you shouldn't get involved here? No. But think real long about whether you're prepared to face the consequences of doing a good deed. I've lived nowhere else where "no good deed goes unpunished" is more true than in Korea. Remember, this is the country where we (foreigners) have been tossed in jail/had to pay blood money for stopping men from hitting their wives/girlfriends. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I live next door to a child welfare office and it's a fairly big building, so it's not like it's unheard of to lodge a complaint against someone. No idea how to go about such a thing but perhaps you can do it anonymously though a letter or something...
That's a tough decision to make but ultimately it's for the health and safety of a child...
Good luck. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
As hard as it is, you're much better off not getting involved. This country's legal system is practically designed to make sure abusive people never get punished.
1) Korean liable law is a joke. If you say something bad about someone, whether or not it's true, YOU can get sued for it. You're a waygook which means you're possibly risking yourself by doing the right thing.
2) The language barrier will make it even harder for you to get your point across.
3) Physical/sexual abuse is a don't ask/don't tell kind of thing. Child abuse is not discussed, nor is sexual abuse. Hell, at many schools (hagwon and public) the kids get smacked around. Which leads me to my final point:
4) Even though it's technically illegal to physically or sexually abuse someone, you need to get the coppers to actually enforce the law. Not sure how long you've been here, but the cops don't enforce *beep* here. Traffic laws are another example of laws that are on the books but never enforced.
Am I saying you shouldn't get involved here? No. But think real long about whether you're prepared to face the consequences of doing a good deed. I've lived nowhere else where "no good deed goes unpunished" is more true than in Korea. Remember, this is the country where we (foreigners) have been tossed in jail/had to pay blood money for stopping men from hitting their wives/girlfriends. |
Through the 24-hour hotline system, our 44 centers have received a total of 8,903 reports in 2006. Among the total reports, 2,451 calls(27.5%) were screened out and 6,452 calls(72.5%) were screened in as reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. The screened out calls were telephone counseling on child rearing and requests for general information. The investigation and initial assessment for the alleged cases resulted in a disposition of "substantiated"(80.6%), "indicated"(6.2%), and "unsubstantiated"(13.2%). The following explanation illustrates the status of child maltreatment in Korea.
1) Types of Child Abuse
During 2006, 39.1% of the child victims suffered neglect, 8.4% were physically abused, 11.6% suffered psychological or emotional abuse, while sexual abuse and abandonment were 4.8% and 1.5% respectively. Moreover, 34.6% of victims were associated with additional types of child abuse and neglect.
2) Source of Reports
Among the 6,452 calls of alleged child abuse cases, the rate of calls from mandated reporters marked 30.7%. And 18.1% of the reports were from non-abusive parents, 15.2% from social worker, 13.7% from neighbors and friends, 7.7% from relatives.
3) Protective Action for the Victim
Seventy-three point seven percent (73.7%) of all victims were placed under the children's own family care and 26.2% were isolated.
Ten point three percent (4.2%) of all victims were treated at the hospital.
4) Victims in Relation to their Perpetrators
Eighty-three point four percent (84.2%) of all victims were maltreated by at least one parent while 6.2% were by relatives and 7.8% by neighbors. The data showed that birth father perpetrators (52.7%) were more than twice as likely as birth mother perpetrators (30.5%).
5) Results of Remedial Action toward Perpetrator
Thirty-six point two percent (36.2%) of perpetrators were provided counseling. Only 2.6% of the substantiated cases were investigated by the police and prosecuted. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Only 2.6% of the substantiated cases were investigated by the police and prosecuted. |
*gasp* |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
Seventy-three point seven percent (73.7%) of all victims were placed under the children's own family care and 26.2% were isolated.
Ten point three percent (4.2%) of all victims were treated at the hospital.
Thirty-six point two percent (36.2%) of perpetrators were provided counseling. |
in a country like this, i think this is a start. i am assuming the concept of children not being shit-kicked regularly is a new one to korea. maybe this will be the generation that turns some of that around.
perhaps western countries saw statistics like this in the 1950s/60s. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
in a country like this, i think this is a start. i am assuming the concept of children not being *beep*-kicked regularly is a new one to korea. maybe this will be the generation that turns some of that around.
perhaps western countries saw statistics like this in the 1950s/60s. |
Yeah, I often compare Korea now to the US in the 60's. They're on the cusp of "something," whatever that something is. I think you're also right that this generation (as in the soon-to-be-adults) are going to be the ones to make a lot of changes. Hell, it seems like there've been a lot of changes just in the year and a half I've been here. |
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Medic
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Every city or town has it's social welfare workers. I seem to remember welfare workers in a particular city chose where they wanted to work, and one choice was to work with "sexually abused children". Another was "domestic violence". There were other options as well. The head guy for the social welfare group named the groups matter of factly like as if to say" well there you are".
An alternative is to call a university with a social welfare department, and try and speak to someone who speaks English. You will get good directions from that. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| (73.7%) of all victims were placed under the children's own family care |
The above was from that korean website. Reporting child abuse might just make it worse. Either way, nothing will happen so dont get involved..  |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I-am-me wrote: |
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| (73.7%) of all victims were placed under the children's own family care |
The above was from that korean website. Reporting child abuse might just make it worse. Either way, nothing will happen so dont get involved.. |
the point is, some of the perpetrators got counselling. trust me, my first concern is that reporting it will make an abused child get it way worse... but the fact that it's getting addressed gives me a little hope.
and - does "own family care" mean "back with the abuser" or does it mean "relocated to uncle sangjoon, the guy who doesn't beat the shit out of kids"? |
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