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Our coverage team has mapped out what impact this bill, which restricts the housing of high-risk sex offenders, will have.



There are also concerns that it could become a 'Seoul Protection Act', but reporter Kang Min-woo investigated it with the SBS Data Journalism Horsemanship Team.



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The key to the Korean version of the Jessica Act is to prevent high-risk sex offenders from living within a 500m radius of an educational facility for minors.



So, first, I marked all daycare centers, kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul with a 500m radius as yellow circles.



Except for places like Mt. Bukhan or Mt. Gwanak, there is virtually no place to live in Seoul.



The same is true when looking at major cities in Gyeonggi-do.



Shall we compare Imsil in Jeonbuk and Uiseong-gun in Gyeongsangbuk-do, which the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has selected as areas with population decline?

I see a lot of space where I can live without the mountain area.



Because of this, concerns are raised that the Jessica Act could become the 'Seoul Protection Act'.



There is also an academic opinion that sex offenders can flock to less populated areas, not only increasing anxiety among local residents, but also reducing the expected effect of preventing recidivism.



The Ministry of Justice explains that it allows courts to adjust the scope of residency restrictions on a case-by-case basis.



However, in practice, there are not a few places where there is no effect of adjusting the range.



In the case of Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, there is virtually no habitable space within a 500m radius of the school, and there is no significant difference even if it is 300m.



If the radius is narrowed from 100m to 50m, there is at least a living space, but if criminals live at 50m intervals, the purpose of the law itself may be overshadowed.



[Attorney Bae In-soon: If the distance is shortened too much, the effectiveness of this system itself seems to be problematic.

Rather than simply restricting residential areas, more efforts should be made to re-educate and re-socialize.]



Experts are strengthening monitoring systems such as electronic anklets and inducing high-risk sex offenders to live in separate government facilities such as the Legal Protection and Welfare Corporation after being released from prison. We recommend that you also consider



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Park Ji-in, CG: Jeon Yu-geun, data analysis: Bae Yeo-woon)