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 White paper on crime 2006 Part 6/Chapter 4/Section 1/3 

3 Sex offenders seen from the viewpoint of the number of cleared persons

(1) Trends in the number of cleared adults and juveniles

  Fig. 6-4-1-11 shows trends in the numbers of adults and juveniles cleared for rape, forcible indecency, and non-traffic penal code offenses (including juvenile offenders under 14 guided by police) and the juvenile rate, over the past 10 years.

Fig. 6-4-1-11  Number of adults and juveniles cleared for rape and forcible indecency, etc. and the juvenile rate (1996-2005)

(2) Trends in the population ratio of cleared persons by age in 1966, 1985, and 2005

  Fig. 6-4-1-12 shows trends in the population ratio of persons cleared for rape, forcible indecency, and non-traffic penal code offenses, by age (in 1966, 1985, and 2005).

Fig. 6-4-1-12  Population ratio of cleared persons by age (1966, 1985, and 2005)

(3) State of employment at the time of the offense

  Fig. 6-4-1-13 shows the percent ratio of persons cleared for rape, forcible indecency, and non-traffic penal code offenses (excluding dangerous driving causing death or injury in road traffic accidents; hereinafter the same in this Subsection) in 2005, by state of employment at the time of the offense.

Fig. 6-4-1-13  Percent ratio of cleared persons by state of employment at the time of the offense (2005)

(4) Trends in the complicity rate

  Fig. 6-4-1-14 shows trends in the complicity rate (meaning the percentage of complicity cases among the total number of cases) among the overall cleared cases for rape, forcible indecency, and non-traffic penal code offenses over the last 10 years.

Fig. 6-4-1-14  Complicity rate (1996-2005)

(5) The rate of repeat offenders and the rate of offenders with previous convictions

  Fig. 6-4-1-15 shows trends in the rate of repeat offenders (meaning those who had once been cleared for penal code offenses or special act offenses (excluding Road Traffic Act violations)) among the total number of persons cleared for rape, forcible indecency, robbery, injury, and non-traffic penal code offenses, respectively, (hereinafter referred to as the "repeat offender rate" in this Subsection), over the last 10 years.

Fig. 6-4-1-15  Repeat offender rate for rape and forcible indecency, etc. (1996-2005)

  Fig. 6-4-1-16 shows trends in the rate of offenders with previous convictions (meaning those who had once received a final judgment of guilty (excluding Road Traffic Act violations)) among the total number of persons cleared for rape, forcible indecency, robbery, injury, and non-traffic penal code offenses, respectively, (hereinafter referred to as the "rate of offenders with previous convictions" in this Subsection), the rate of offenders with previous convictions for the same type of offense (meaning the percentage of those who have had previous convictions for the same type of offense among the total number of cleared persons by type of offense), and the rate of offenders with five or more previous convictions (meaning the percentage of those who have had five or more previous convictions among the total number of cleared persons), over the last 10 years.

Fig. 6-4-1-16  Rates of offenders with previous convictions, offenders with previous convictions for the same type of offense, and offenders with five or more previous convictions, for rape and forcible indecency, etc. (1996-2005)