PART 1: Basic Theory of Police Science

Chapter 01 Police and Police Science
THEME 1: Formation and evolution of the police concept
THEME 2 Classification of Police Concepts
THEME 3 Police Duties and Risks
THEME 4 Police Jurisdiction
THEME 5 Basic Principles of Police Activities
THEME 6: The Special Characteristics of Police Administration

Chapter 02 Crime and Community Policing
THEME 1 The Concept of Crime
THEME 2: The Causes of Crime (Causes of Crime at the Individual Level)
THEME 3: The Causes of Crime (Social Causes of Crime)
THEME 4 CRIME CONTROL (PREVENTION)
THEME 5 Crime Control (Prevention) Theory
THEME 6 Community Policing
THEME 7 Crime Prevention Activities in Foreign Countries

Chapter 03 Police and Ethics
THEME 1 Standards for Police Activities
THEME 2 Professionalization and Desirable Police Role Models
THEME 3 Police Deviance
THEME 4 Police Corruption
THEME 5 Police Culture
THEME 6 Police Code of Ethics
THEME 7 Act on the Prohibition of Improper Solicitation and Receipt of Money or Goods (Anti-Graft Act)
THEME 8 Code of Conduct for Police Officers (Police Agency Instructions)
THEME 9 Conflict of Interest Prevention Act for Public Officials (Conflict of Interest Prevention Act)
THEME 10: Active and Passive Police Administration

PART 2: History and Comparative Policing of the Korean Police
Chapter 01 History of the Korean Police
THEME 1 From the Gabo Reform to the Japanese Colonial Period
THEME 2 Korean Provisional Government Police
THEME 3: The Establishment and Reform of the Police Under the US Military Government (1945-1948)
THEME 4 Police after the establishment of the government
THEME 5 Major police history from the Korean War to the enactment of the Police Act in 1991
THEME 6: A symbol of the police that will shine brightly in Korean police history

Chapter 02 Comparative Police
THEME 1 British Police
THEME 2 American Police
THEME 3 German Police
THEME 4 French Police
THEME 5 Japanese Police
THEME 6: A Bullet-Breaking Guide to Criminal Investigation Structures in Each Country

PART 3 Police Administration
Chapter 01 Police Management
THEME 1 Police Organization Management
THEME 2: Servantism and Performanceism
THEME 3 Classification and Position Classification (Classification of Public Offices)
THEME 4 Police Civil Service System
THEME 5 Fraud Management
THEME 6 Police Budget
THEME 7 Budget Process under the National Finance Act
THEME 8 Equipment Management
THEME 9 Security Management
THEME 10 Document Management (Regulations on the Operation and Innovation of Administrative Work)

Chapter 02 Police Public Relations and Control
THEME 1 Police Public Relations
THEME 2 Press Reporting and Remedies for Damages (Act on Press Arbitration and Remedies for Damages, etc.)
THEME 3 Control over the police
THEME 4 Types of Police Control
THEME 5 Police Inspection Rules (National Police Agency Instructions)
THEME 6 National Police Agency Audit Rules (National Police Agency Instructions)
THEME 7 National Human Rights Commission Act and Enforcement Decree thereof, etc.
THEME 8 Police Human Rights Protection Rules (National Police Agency Instruction)
THEME 9 Policy Decision Model
THEME 10 Police System Reform


PART 4 ​​Police Administration Act
Chapter 01 Courts of the Police Act
THEME 1 The Court of Police Law
THEME 2 Legal Orders
THEME 3 Administrative Rules
THEME 4 Instructions
THEME 5 Duty Orders

Chapter 02 Police Organization Act
THEME 1 Act on the Organization and Operation of the National Police and Autonomous Police (National Police Act)
THEME 2 National Police Commission (National Police Agency)
THEME 3 Chief of Police
THEME 4 Chief of the National Investigation Headquarters
THEME 5 City/Provincial Autonomous Police Commission (National Police Agency Act)
THEME 6 Chiefs of City and Provincial Police Agency, Chiefs of Police Stations (National Police Agency Act)
THEME 7 Delegation of Authority by Administrative Authorities
THEME 8 Delegation of Authority to Administrative Agencies

CHAPTER 03 Police Officers and the Law
THEME 1 Classification of Police Officers
THEME 2: The emergence of police officer relationships
THEME 3 Changes in Police Officer Relationships
THEME 4: The Disappearance of the Police-Public Official Relationship
THEME 5 Rights of Police Officers
THEME 6 Duties of Police Officers
THEME 7 Discipline
THEME 8: Police Officers' Rights Protection System

Chapter 04 General Theory of Police Operations
THEME 1 Authorization Clause
THEME 2: The Limits of Police Power
THEME 3 Right to Request Police Intervention
THEME 4 Administrative Acts
THEME 5 Legal Principles of Administration (General Principles of Administration)
THEME 6 Administrative (Police) Disposition (Basic Administrative Law)
THEME 7 Administrative Investigation (Basic Act on Administrative Investigation)
THEME 8 Act on Disclosure of Information by Public Institutions
THEME 9 Personal Information Protection Act
THEME 10: Means of Ensuring Effectiveness (Compliance with Obligations) in Police (Administrative)
THEME 11 Public Order Violation Regulation Act
THEME 12 Relief from Police (Administrative) Actions

Chapter 05 Police Officers' Duties Execution Act
THEME 1 Purpose and Scope of Duties
THEME 2: Random Checks (§3)
THEME 3 Protective Measures (§4)
THEME 4 Prevention of Risk Occurrence, etc. (§5)
THEME 5: Crime Prevention and Deterrence (§6)
THEME 6 Entry and Exit for Risk Prevention (§7)
THEME 7 Fact-checking and attendance requests related to job performance (§8)
THEME 8 Collection of information, etc. (§8-2)
THEME 9 Use of Police Equipment
THEME 10 Use of Police Equipment
THEME 11 Use of sprayers, etc.
THEME 12 Weapon Use
THEME 13 Use of Police-Worn Recording Devices
THEME 14 Regulations on the Use of Hazardous Police Equipment, etc.
THEME 15 Rules on Standards and Methods of Police Physical Force (National Police Agency Regulations)
THEME 16 Compensation for Losses
THEME 17 Rewards for those who have contributed to the arrest of criminals and other activities
THEME 18 Litigation Support and Sentence Reduction
THEME 19 Police Officers' Duties Execution Act and Other Regulations
THEME 20 Key Contents According to the History of Revisions to the "Police Officers' Duties Execution Act"

PART 5 Police Activities by Field
Chapter 01 Life Safety Police
THEME 1 Local Police
THEME 2 Misdemeanor Punishment Act
THEME 3 Law on the Regulation of Adult Entertainment Businesses
THEME 4 Act on the Punishment of Acts such as Prostitution Arrangement
THEME 5 Act on the Safety Management of Firearms, Swords, Explosives, etc.
THEME 6 Security Industry (Security Industry Act)
THEME 7 Lost and Found Law
THEME 8 Boy Cop
THEME 9 Youth Protection Act
THEME 10 Act on the Protection of Children and Adolescents from Sexual Abuse
THEME 11 The Act on the Protection and Support of Missing Children, etc. and the Rules on the Processing of Missing Children, etc. and Runaways

Chapter 02 Investigative Police
THEME 1 Special Act on the Punishment, etc. of Domestic Violence Crimes
THEME 2 Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes
THEME 3 Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes, etc.
THEME 4 Special Act on the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes
THEME 5 Act on Disclosure of Personal Information of Specific Serious Crime Suspects, etc.
THEME 6 Crime Victim Protection Act
THEME 7 Investigation of drug offenders

Chapter 03 Security Police
THEME 1: Security Police Targets and Characteristics
THEME 2 Organization and means of the security police
THEME 3 Event Safety Security (Crowd Security)
THEME 4 Election Expenses
THEME 5 Management of Assemblies and Demonstrations
THEME 6 Basic Act on Disaster and Safety Management
THEME 7 Police Operations (Integrated Defense Act)
THEME 8 Police Emergency Operations Rules
THEME 9 Counter-Terrorism Operations
THEME 10 Security Guard
THEME 11 Petition Police

Chapter 04 Traffic Police
THEME 1 Road
THEME 2 Glossary of Terms Under the Road Traffic Act (Article 2 of the Road Traffic Act)
THEME 3 Bicycle lights
THEME 4 How to pass the carriage
THEME 5 Emergency Vehicle
THEME 6 School buses and school vehicles for children
THEME 7 Rules on the Designation and Management of Protection Zones for Children, the Elderly, and the Disabled
THEME 8 Drunk Driving and Reckless Driving
THEME 9 Driver's License
THEME 10 Disqualification Subjects and Disqualification Period Based on Administrative Disposition Results for Driver's License (§82)
THEME 11 Driver's License Administrative Disposition
THEME 12 12 Special Punishment Items of Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Handling of Traffic Accidents
THEME 13: Transportation-Related Case Law

Chapter 05 Information Police
THEME 1 Characteristics of Information
THEME 2 Classification of Information
THEME 3 Circulation of Information
THEME 4: The Work (Activities) of the Information Police
THEME 5 Laws on Assembly and Demonstration

Chapter 06 Security Police
THEME 1 Counterintelligence Activities
THEME 2 Security Investigation
THEME 3 Security Observation (Security Observation Act)
THEME 4 Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation (Act on Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation)
THEME 5 Protection of North Korean Defectors (Act on the Protection and Settlement Support of North Korean Defectors)

Chapter 07 Foreign Affairs Police
THEME 1 Multicultural Society
THEME 2 Nationality Law
THEME 3 Entry and Exit of Foreigners (Immigration Control Act)
THEME 4 Passport (Passport Act)
THEME 5 Foreigner's Residence (Immigration Control Act)
THEME 6 International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL, ICPO)
THEME 7 International Criminal Judicial Cooperation (Law)
THEME 8 Extradition Law
THEME 9 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
THEME 10 Special Provisions on Crimes Related to Foreigners, etc. (Police Investigation Rules, Criminal Investigation Rules)

Appendix Organization of the National Police Agency and its Affiliated Agencies

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