PART 01 Introduction to Criminal Law

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts of Criminal Law and Criminal Law Theory 12

Chapter 2: The Principle of Legality 14

Chapter 3 Scope of Application of Criminal Law 63
Section 1 Temporal Scope of Criminal Law 63
Section 2: Geographical Scope of Application of Criminal Law 76

PART 02 Criminology

Chapter 1: Foundations of Criminology 90
Section 1 Types of Crimes 95

Chapter 2: Theory of Composition 107
Section 1 General Theory of Composition Elements 107
Section 2 Subject and Object of Action 108
Section 3: Offenses of Omission 120
Section 4 Causality 137
Section 5 Elements of Intent 154
Section 6: Elementary Errors 167
Section 7 Negligence 183
Section 8. Consequential Aggravation 207

Chapter 3: Theory of Illegality 222
Section 1 General Theory of Illegality 222
Section 2 Self-Defense 231
Section 3 Emergency Evacuation 243
Section 4 Self-help Act 251
Section 5: Victim's Consent 255
Section 6 Legitimate Acts 261

Chapter 4: Responsibility 284
Section 1 Responsibility and Capacity for Responsibility 284
Section 2 Recognition of Illegality 308
Section 3: Expected Possibilities 340

Chapter 5: Theory of Numbers 350
Section 1: Preliminary Conspiracy 350
Section 2 Attempted Disability 356
Section 3 Attempted Suspension 365
Section 4 Impossible Attempt 372

Chapter 6: Theory of Complicity 382
Section 1: General Theory of Accomplices 382
Section 2: Accomplices 398
Section 3 Joint and Concurrent Offenders 415
Section 4 Indirect Perpetrators 427
Section 5: Teacher's Crime 432
Section 6: Aiding and Abetting 440
Section 7: Accomplices and Status 449

Chapter 7: Prisoner Theory 458
Section 1 General Theory of Prisoners 458

Chapter 8: Theory of Punishment 494
Section 1. Types and severity of punishment 494
Section 2: Repeat Offenders, Suspended Sentences, Suspended Probation, etc. 520

Shin Gwang published "General Criminal Law: A Complete Summary of Past Exam Questions"...


We would like to express our gratitude to the many test takers who have shown their support and expectation for the publication of 『Shingwang Eun's General Criminal Law Review』 with their generous love and unstinting interest.


I would like to assure you that the author has personally solved the past exam questions included in this book from beginning to end, analyzed and reconstructed the questionnaire, and added appropriate explanations to maximize the learning effect. This was achieved by investing considerable time and effort.

However, if actual past exam questions are included in their original form, the pages of the past exam questions book will become too thick, and if only some of the past exam questions are included, there is an unavoidable problem that important past exam questions will be omitted, and even if past exam questions are selected and included to control the quantity, in addition to the problem of past exam questions being omitted, there are fundamental problems such as the fact that there will be a lot of unnecessarily duplicated questions and the learning effect will inevitably be reduced because the questions are structured without regard to the topic and issue.


To overcome the fundamental problems of these original text-based past exam questions, 『Shingwang Eun's Criminal Law General Theory Past Exam Questions Summary』 reorganizes all past exam questions that are likely to appear on the exam by topic, allowing students to study past exam questions without missing any, eliminating overlapping questions and allowing students to study past exam questions that are appropriate for the topic they are studying, maximizing the effectiveness of studying past exam questions.

In addition, to solve the problem that studying through past multiple-choice questions can easily become studying to find answers or studying to get used to things regardless of the issue, all past questions have been rearranged according to the issue so that solving the questions naturally leads to understanding the issue and supplementing any shortcomings, making it a practical learning experience.

In addition, we have strived to ensure that test takers can fully understand and learn while solving the problems through effective composition of past exam questions and more thorough explanations.


The main features of this book are as follows:


1 Includes all previous criminal law exam questions from the past 15 years (2011-2025)
This textbook includes all the past questions from the 2025 National Civil Service Grade 7 exam in September, the Coast Guard Officer exam in October, and the Police University Transfer exam in November, as well as all the past questions from the past 15 years (2011-2025) for police recruitment, promotion, and officer positions, court positions, prosecution positions, Coast Guard recruitment, promotion, and officer positions, etc. in criminal law, so that you can sufficiently prepare for all exams.


2. Understand exam trends and prepare for expected questions through the latest exam questions.
By examining the latest exam questions from previous series, we have been able to grasp future exam trends and thoroughly study the questions with a high probability of appearing on the exam, allowing you to fully prepare for the upcoming exam.


3 Rich and complete explanations to help you understand the problem accurately.
For each question, we have provided a rich and detailed explanation as well as a summary of reference points. For both incorrect and correct passages, we have supplemented relevant case law, articles, and detailed explanations where supplementary explanations are needed. We have also highlighted in bold the parts that need to be checked and memorized through the questions, so that test takers can understand the questions on their own and study without difficulty.


4 Strategic Learning through Key Checks and Hyper O·X
Important and core questionnaires are reviewed again through 'Key Check' to enhance the learning effect through repeated learning, and questionnaires with a high level of difficulty or a low probability of appearing on the exam are selectively studied through 'Hyper OX' to enable strategic learning suited to the test taker's ability.

5 Reconstruction of problems that fit the key issues and learning topics of the case law
By reorganizing the legal principles and learning content that are the main issues of the case law into a single question for each issue, the issue can be naturally understood and learned while solving the previous exam questions.


6 Analytical learning through rearrangement of similar and comparative fingerprints
By rearranging the original text questions in a comprehensive manner according to the learning order by topic and issue, we have enabled analysis and distinction of similarities and subtle differences between the texts.


7. Efficient repetitive learning through reading counts, star marking, and past exam questions by fingerprint
For each question, the number of times read is indicated at the top with “1 2 3”, and the importance is indicated with ★★★ (very important), ★★ (important), and ★ (normal). In addition, previous questions are indicated for the explanation of each questionnaire so that you can focus on and repeat studying the parts that are lacking or necessary.
※ If the original text of a previous exam is used as is, the previous question will be marked as such.

· Changes in the presentation method of past questions
· 1st Patrol, 2nd Patrol, 3rd Patrol → 1st Patrol, 2nd Patrol, 3rd Patrol
· Police SWAT → Superintendent / Police Promotion → Superintendent / Police Officer → Superintendent / Transfer to Police University
· National Civil Service Grade 9 → National Civil Service Grade 9 / National Civil Service Grade 9 General Theory → National Civil Service Grade 9 General Theory / National Civil Service Grade 7 → National Civil Service Grade 7
· Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 → Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
· Coast Guard Promotion → Coast Guard Cadet / Coast Guard Officer → Coast Guard Officer
· Bar exam → Bar exam
· Special recruitment for law → Special recruitment for law / Court administration examination → Law practice
※ Series where objective criminal law is not implemented, such as special law and law enforcement, are only displayed when tested alone.

This textbook not only includes all previous exam questions from all series, but also offers meticulous attention to detail, including rich explanations, summaries, reading checks, and keyword emphasis, to help test takers achieve the best results in the shortest possible time.


I sincerely hope that all test takers will achieve high scores and pass the criminal law exam through this book, and I sincerely hope that you will take care of your health during the difficult exam period.

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