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AStudyon.Arson.MotivesAfectedbyKorea'sSo.cial
Changes ParkHyeJeong1，KimKwangHI2，NamKiHun2，TadashlKonishP
1.Introductfoi1
As society has become more complicated， diversi朽ed and mechanized via industriatizatIon， mammonIsmandegoism haveemerged.These haveled句tochang白esin50cial計atrnosphereandthe IO!i詩s. of ba剖sic γm柄φ1 「悶a山 y of h u man beings，causing a widerangeofproblems，inddentsandevencrimes in society， Arnong them， arち on，a risrng trend， is dassified as specifk vIolent crime along with murder， sE?:>ual 8saul，t injury， robbery and blackma1.J1nthepas，t motivesandobjectsofarson Weresimtleandlimited.ButrecentlYlthemotives
Motives of arson are clasified as 'Greed and Speculatlve D rlves'; 'Revenges;' JFamily Troubles;' 'ChanceCtimes;''RealityComplaints';'Curiosityand Carelesnes'，andotherswhosemotivesorcause"S cannotbeidentげied.Whiletheoriginalsources c¥asiちIca宝esWhOS8motivesandcauseswereno found as others or unknown，this study does not addres:sthosecases. CTable1)
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objects has been expanded to many and unspecified peopls，neighbors，and even in som e cases，thenationasawhole.1addition，meansof arson have also become more asorted， complicated and intelUgentThereforをI thisstudy aimstoresearchandanalY2eKorea'strendofarson and arsonists， based on their psychological
diversified，and the range of the
and arson Ca.ses. .1n addition，based 0' ' '1 hese，the study wil suggest improvemen
measures the Korean 三ociety should implement fromnowon.
2.ResearchAnalysis0fKoreajsarsoncrimes
2.1Research5U切ects Theresearchfocusesonarsoncrfmesthattook
placeinKoreabetween2007and2011.
2.2.Methodofresearchanalysis
This 託 udy uses statlstics of arson from the
Supreme Prosecutors'Ofice Whte Papers on 亡同me from .2007 to 2011.lt al50 depends on cesearch analysis of of fidal stat.istics in terms of arsonocurencetrencls，aswelasmotivesbehind the arson. By doing $0，the study anatyzes the IlulnberQfarsoncases，ec(:)nomicconditionS，and arsonmotlves.
2.3TrendofKorea'sarsoncrimes
The number of arson cases among the entire
numberoffjresInthepastfiveyears(207-201)j'n KoreaisdetaledInFlgure1.
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3.CasesofKoreanArsonCrirnes
3.1 Arson of Daegu Subway (targeting many unspecifiedpersons)
(工)下imeofoccurence:around10a.m" February 18th，2003
(2)Place ofoccurrence:Daegu，Jungangno SubwayStation
(3) Motive:mental disorder，stemming from brainlesions
(4) Damage:192 deaths，144 injuries，
about46.3mil liofl USD in property damage
3.2ArsonoftheNo.1NationalTreasure， SungnyemlJnGate
(1) Tirne of 00ωrrence: around 8:40 p.m.， February10L1¥ 2008