Directions to Improve Police Response against Domestic Violence-Focused on the Practices of Problem Oriented Policing

The police's perception and response attitude to domestic violence have gradually developed into an active form. Domestic violence was designated as a serious crime and was subject to intensive management, and for effective response, the police's awareness education, the establishment of a domestic violence 112 report code, the designation management of families that may recur, the implementation of a domestic violence step-by-step response model, and the introduction of an anti-police officer (APO) system were introduced. Despite those efforts of the police, domestic violence in Korea has not decreased significantly. Accordingly, to find ways to improve police countermeasures against domestic violence, this study analyzed three cases of the responses taken by High Point Police Department, North Carolina, USA , North Canterbury, New Zealand, and Chula Vista, California, USA, which reduced domestic violence by using a problem-oriented police method that emphasized prevention rather than follow-up to crime. Based on these analysis results, it suggested expanding the number of monitoring targets and improving methods, expanding opportunities to correct perpetrators, increasing the number of abuse prevention police officers (APOs) and expanding their expertise, strengthening the establishment of a collaborative system for joint response, and strengthening home education prevention education.