What are the school violence solutions?

Hello. I am a school violence specialist attorney at Daeryun Law Firm.

School violence can leave serious physical and emotional damage to children, and whether the initial response is appropriate greatly affects the direction of subsequent procedures.

Below are key school violence solutions that parents can actually take.

1. Confirmation of school violence facts and securing evidence

School violence usually takes various forms such as not only physical assault but also verbal violence, ostracism, cyber violence, and extortion, so it is a priority to carefully verify the child's statement.

If possible, it is good to secure the following materials.

-KakaoTalk message and SNS conversation contents
-Photos of injuries, medical certificates
-Diary, notes written by the child
-Witness statements

These materials become important judgment grounds in the subsequent process of establishing school violence solutions.

2. School Violence Countermeasures Review Committee (Hak-pok-wi) procedure
If you become aware of school violence facts, you can immediately report it to the child's school. Reporting is possible to homeroom teachers, school violence responsible teachers, principals, or anyone.

Subsequently, Hak-pok-wi may be held. Hak-pok-wi is the institution that decides legal disposition for perpetrator students, and after deliberation, the following measures are taken.

-Written apology
-Prohibition of contact, threats, or retaliatory acts
-On-campus service
-Community service
-Special education
-Suspension
-Class change
-Transfer
-Expulsion (excluding middle school students or below)

If the school violence act constitutes criminal crimes such as assault, injury, threats, defamation, or indecent act by force, parents can proceed with criminal complaints.

Criminal procedures can proceed separately regardless of the Hak-pok-wi result, and civil damages claims against the perpetrator student or their parents are also possible.

If school violence is responded to incorrectly, the perpetrator side may distort the facts and you may be branded as the perpetrator, so review of school violence solutions by a school violence specialist attorney from the early stages is important.

Therefore, if you review specific school violence solutions with a school violence specialist attorney at the early stages of the case, you can more systematically prepare response directions, protective measures, and subsequent procedures suitable for the matter.

Since school violence cases vary greatly in protective measure levels and perpetrator student measures depending on how they are responded to early on, we recommend consulting as quickly as possible.