Part 1

Crime Trends in 2000

Fig. I-1 Trends in number of reported cases, number of persons cleared, and crime rate for penal code offenses (1946-2000)

Table I-1 Trends in number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, number of persons cleared,and clearance rate for penal code offenses by type of offense (2000)

Fig. I-2 Percent distribution of reported penal code offenses and persons cleared by type of offense (2000)

Fig. I-3 Trends in number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, and number of persons cleared by type of offense (1991-2000)

Table I-2 Number of cleared cases for homicide to obtain insurance money(1992-2000)

Table I-3 Number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, and clearance rate for robbery targeting cash transit vehicles (1991-2000)

Table I-4 Number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, and clearance rate for robbery targeting financial institutions (1991-2000)

Table I-5 Number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, and clearance rate for on-the-street robbery and for robbery targeting overnight supermarkets (1991-2000)

Table I-6 Numbers of cleared cases and persons cleared for penal code offenses concerning child abuse (1999 and 2000)

Table I-7 Relationship between the victim and the perpetrator cleared for penal code offenses concerning child abuse (2000)

Table I-8 Number of reported cases, number of cleared cases and the clearance rate for offenses with the misuse of credit cards (1991-2000)

Fig. I-4 Trends in the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special law offenses (1949-2000)

Fig. I-5 Percent distribution of special law offenses excluding road traffic violations within the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices (2000)

Fig. I-6 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special law offenses related to public security (1991-2000)

I-7 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special law offenses related to public morals (1991-2000)

Fig. I-8 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by the public prosecutors offices for special law offenses related to the environment (1981-2000)

Fig. I-9 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by the public prosecutors offices for special law offenses related to labor (1991-2000)

Fig. I-10 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by the public prosecutors offices for ordinance violations (1991-2000)

Fig. I-11 Trends in numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for Income Tax Law violations, Inheritance Tax Law violations, Corporation Tax Law violations, and Consumption Tax Law violations (1991-2000)

Table I-9 Numbers of cases and the average amount of tax evasion per case with respect to Income Tax Law, Inheritance Tax Law, Corporation Tax Law and Consumption Tax Law violations (FY1996-FY2000)

Table I-10 Numbers of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for Income Tax Law, Inheritance Tax Law, Corporation Tax Law and Consumption Tax Law violations (1996-2000)

Fig. I-12 Trends in the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law, and Securities and Exchange Law violations (1991-2000)

Table I-11 Numbers of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law and Securities and Exchange Law violations (1996-2000)

Fig. I-13 Trends in the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auction or bids and Bankruptcy Law violations (1991-2000)

Table I-12 Numbers of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auction or bids and Bankruptcy Law violations (1996-2000)

Fig. I-14 Trends in number of newly received persons by public prosecutors offices for Public Offices Election Law violations (1991-2000)

Fig. I-15 Trends in the number of persons referred for bribery and inducement of interests in nationwide elections, and amendment of the Public Offices Election Law (1950-2000)

Table I-13 Trends in filed cases of the regulation holding a candidate jointly responsible by the type of election and the persons subject to the regulations in terms of the personal status (As of May 31, 2001)

Table I-14 Numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for computer-related offenses (1991-2000)

Table I-15 Numbers of persons finally disposed by public prosecutors offices for computer-related offenses (2000)

Table I-16 Imprisonment terms for computer-related offenses in Ordinary First Instances (1999)

Fig. I-16 Number of firing cases and persons killed in firearm incidents (1996-2000)

Fig. I-17 Trends in number of cleared cases in the last five years involving the use of handguns or other firearms (1996-2000)

Fig. I-18 Trends in number of persons referred for Firearms and Swords Control Law violations involving handguns(1996-2000)

Fig. I-19 Trends in number of handguns seized (1996-2000)

Fig. I-20 Trends in percent distribution of dispositions of persons finally disposed by public prosecutors offices for Firearms and Swords Control Law violations (1991-2000)

Fig. I-21 Imprisonment term sentenced in ordinary first instances for Firearms and Swords Control Law violations (1991-2000)

Table I-17 Number of organized crime group members (1992-2000)

Fig. I-22 Trends in number of fighting incidents between organized crime groups (1991-2000)

Fig. I-23 Trend in persons cleared of organized crime group members (1969-2000)

Table I-18 Number of organized crime group members accounted for the persons cleared by the main offenses

Fig. I-24 Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for public official offenses (1999, 2000)

Fig. I-25 Prosecution rate for public official offenses (1999, 2000)

Table I-19 Number of cases convicted for offenses related to the duties of judicial public officials according to prosecution year (1995-2000)

Fig. I-26 Number of public officials cleared by the police for graft (aggregate, 1991-1995 & 1996-2000)

Table I-20 Sentences in First Instances for graft and bribery cases (1995-2000)

Fig. I-27 Trend in the real numbers of mentally disabled persons, etc. cleared for penal code offenses and their percentage in the total number of persons cleared for penal code offenses (1991-2000)

Fig. I-28 Number of mentally disabled persons, etc. cleared by type of offense (2000)

Table I-21 Number of insane and quasi-insane persons (1996-2000)

Table I-22 Results of disposition by offense and type of mental disability (2000)

Fig. I-29 Percent distribution of subjects with previous convictions/criminal records (aggregate, 1996-2000)

Fig. I-30 Percent distribution of subjects with records of hospitalization (aggregate, 1996-2000)

Fig. I-31 Relationship between the subjects and the victims (aggregate, 1996-2000)

Fig. I-32 Treatment condition of subjects at the time of offense

Table I-23 Numbers of offenders by types of mental disability at the time of the offense (aggregate, 1996-2000)

Fig. I-33 Treatment of the subjects after receiving criminal dispositions

Table I-24 Mentally disabled persons newly admitted to correctional institutions (1996-2000)

Table I-25 Number of guerilla incidents (1996-2000)

Table I-26 Number of intra-group strife incidents (1996-2000)

Table I-27 Trends in the number of repeat offenders cleared for penal code offenses and the repeat offender rate (1991-2000)

Table I-28 Trends in percentages of adults cleared for penal code offense by number of previous convictions (1991-2000)

Table I-29 Number of prosecuted persons by type of main offense, existence of previous conviction and status at the time of the offense (2000)

Table I-30 Number of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses and the percentage of types of main offenses and disposition of previous offenses (2000)

Part 2

Treatment of Offenders and Relief for Crime Victims

Fig. II-1 Flow of treatment of adult offenders under the Penal Code

Fig. II-2 Percent distribution of the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices (2000)

Fig. II-3 Percent distribution of the number of persons finally disposed by public prosecutors offices (2000)

Table II-1 Persons arrested or detained in cases disposed by public prosecutors offices, by type of offense (2000)

Fig. II-4 Trends in prosecution rates(1981-2000)

Fig. II-5 Trends in suspended prosecution rate(1981-2000)

Table II-2 Persons subject to non-prosecution disposition, by reason (1991-2000)

Table II-3 Number of defendants finally judged by trial in all cases (1991-2000)

Table II-4 Number of defendants finally disposed by district or family courts, by type of offense

Table II-5 Number of defendants finally disposed by summary courts, by type of offense

Table II-6 Number of defendants finally disposed by Koso appeals, by type of offense

Table II-7 Number of defendants sentenced to death in the ordinary first instance, by type of offense

Table II-8 Number of defendants sentenced to imprisonment with labor for life in the ordinary first instance, by type of offense (1991-2000)

Table II-9 First instance imposition of fines, by type of offense

Table II-10 Number of offenders whose suspended sentence was revoked, by reason for revocation(1996-2000)

Table II-11 Status of defendants finally disposed by first instance courts (1999) (2000)

Fig. II-6 Trends in the rate of imprisonment of penal institutions (1980-December 31, 2000)

Fig. II-7 Trends in the average daily number of inmates of penal institutions (1980-2000)

Table II-12 Number of inmates imprisoned and released (1998-2000)

Fig. II-8 Trends in the number of offenders newly imprisoned and the female rate (1980-2000)

Fig. II-9 Percent distribution of newly imprisoned offenders, by gender and age group (2000)  Source:Annual Report of Statistics on Correction

Fig. II-10 Trends in the percent distribution of the term of imprisonment among newly imprisoned offenders (1996-2000)

Fig. II-11 History of suspended sentences and protective measures for first-time convicts (2000)

Table II-13 Reimprisonment rates of inmates released in 1995

Table II-14 Reimprisonment rates within 5 years from the year of release (1991-1995)

Fig. II-12 Flow of treatment of inmates

Table II-15 Number of inmates by classified category for confinement (December 31, 2000)

Fig. II-13 Trends in the number of inmates by Classified category for confinement (1981-December 31, 2002)

Table II-16 Educational activities outside institutions (1998-2000)

Table II-17 Number of accidents that occurred in penal institutions (1998-2000)

Table II-18 Number of grievances filed by inmates (1998-2000)

Table II-19 Number of designated organized crime group members who were imprisoned (1998-December 31, 2000)

Table II-20 Percent distributions of designated organized crime group members who were newly imprisoned

Fig. II-14 Outline of the rehabilitation services

Fig. II-15 Trends in the number of parole applications (1981-2000)

Fig. II-16 Trends in the number of parolees and parole rates (1981-2000)

Table II-21 Parole applications rejected or granted by type and term of sentence (1998-2000)

Fig. II-17 Rates of completed sentence, by recidivist/non-recidivist and term of sentence (2000)

Table II-22 Number of life-sentence parolees, by length of stay in penal institutions (1991-2000)

Fig. II-18 Trends in the number of newly received parolees and probationers (1981-2000)

Fig. II-19 Percent distribution of the number of newly received parolees and probationers, by type of offense(2000)

Fig. II-20 Percent distribution of the number of newly received parolees and probationers, by age group (2000)

Fig. II-21 Trends in the"Class A"Rate (1971-December 31, 2000)

Fig. II-22 Percent distribution of reason for termination of probationary supervision (2000)

Fig. II-23 Trends in repeat offenses during probationary supervision (1991-2000)

Table II-23 Number of persons receiving assistance during supervision (2000)

Table II-24 Number of persons receiving urgent aftercare of discharged offenders (2000)

Fig. II-24 Distribution and the number of halfway houses and the capacity thereof (as of April 1, 2001)

Fig. II-25 Percent distribution of released inmates by planned place of next abode (2000)

Table II-25 Number of persons granted routine pardons, by applicant and type of pardon (2000)

Fig. II-26 Trends in the number of victims of penal code offenses and the damage rate, by gender (1991-2000)

Table II-26 Number of victims killed or injured and damage rate (1991-2000)

Table II-27 Number of victims of property offenses and the amount of damage (1991-2000)

Table II-28 Number of victims and damage rate for sexual offenses (1991-2000)

Fig. II-27 Percent distribution of the number of cleared cases, by relationship between victims and suspects (2000)

Fig. II-28 Damage rate over the last five years and in 1999, by type of offense

Fig. II-29 Report rate by type of offense

Fig. II-30 Damage rates and report rates by country and by type of offense

Table II-29 Number of persons received and disposed by Committees for the Inquest of Prosecution

Table II-30 Subsequent measures for cases judged to be appropriate for prosecution or inappropriate for non-prosecution, by reason of initial disposition of non-prosecution (1990-1999)

Table II-31 Number for persons received and disposed in accordance with applications for committing a case to a court for trial (1991-2000)

Table II-32 Applications for crime victim benefits and amounts paid (1981-2000)

Part3

Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Fig. III-1 Trends in number of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses and rate per population (1946-2000)

Fig. III-2 Trends in number of juveniles and adults cleared for penal code offenses excluding professional negligence in traffic accidents, and rate of juveniles to all persons cleared (1966-2000)

Fig. III-3 Trends in rate per population of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses excluding professional negligence in traffic accidents by age group (1966-2000)

Fig. III-4 Percent distribution of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses excluding professional negligence in traffic accidents by type of offenses (2000)

Fig. III-5 Trends in number of juveniles cleared for heinous offenses (1946-2000)

Fig. III-6 Trends in number of juveniles referred by Police for special law offenses (1956-2000)

Fig. III-7 Trends in number of juveniles referred by Police, and juvenile rate for Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law violations (1972-2000)

Fig. III-8 Trends in number of juveniles cleared, and juvenile rate for Stimulant Drug Control Law violations (1970-2000)

Fig. III-9 Trends in number of juveniles referred for road traffic violations and number of        crackdowns on violations of the Road Traffic Law (1966-2000)

Fig. III-10 Trends in number of juveniles disposed by family courts and female rate for status offenses (1991-2000)

Fig. III-11 Trends in membership and number of bosozoku (1991-2000)

Fig. III-12 Trends in number of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses of bosozoku and percentage of the membership of such gangs in number of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses by type of offense (1991-2000)

Fig. III-13 Juvenile domestic violence, by educational and employment situation (1991-2000)

Table III-1 Number of juveniles cleared, categorized as junior high school students and senior high School students, among all juveniles cleared for penal code offenses, and their rates per 1,000 students attending schools (1991-2000)

Fig. III-14 Trends in cleared cases of school violence (1991-2000)

Fig. III-15 Flowchart of treatment proceedings for juvenile offenders and delinquents

Fig. III-16 Trends in number of juveniles newly received by public prosecutors offices, by age group (1991-2000)

Fig. III-17 Trends in percent distribution of the number of juveniles newly received by public prosecutors offices for major offenses, by type of offense and age group (1996-2000)

Table III-2 Number of persons transferred to and disposed by public prosecutors offices, by type of offense (2000)

Fig. III-18 Trends in number of persons received by family courts for juvenile cases (1991-2000)

Fig. III-19 Percent distribution of family court final disposal on juvenile cases (1999 and 2000)

Fig. III-20 Percent distribution of family court final disposal on juvenile delinquents related to heinous offenses (1999 and 2000)

Fig. III-21 Percent distribution of family court final disposal on Status Offenders (1999-2000)

Table III-3 Number of juveniles convicted by ordinary first instance courts, by offense (1996-2000)

Fig. III-22 Trends in number of persons newly admitted to juvenile classification homes (1949-2000)

Fig. III-23 Percent distribution of juveniles newly admitted to juvenile classification homes through adjudication for protective detention by gender, age group and type of delinquency (2000)

Table III-4 Number of persons discharged from juvenile classification homes by reason (1998-2000)

Fig. III-24 Flow of institutional classification of juveniles conducted in juvenile classification homes

Fig. III-25 Trends in number of persons received for classification in juvenile classification homes (1991-2000)

Table III-5 Relationship between recommendations of juvenile classification homes and dispositions by family courts (2000)

III-26 Classification system for treatment in juvenile training schools

Fig. III-27 Trends in number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by gender (1949-2000)

Table III-6 Number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by type of school and treatment (2000)

Fig. III-28 Trends in the percent distribution of the number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by age group (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-29 Trends in percent distributions of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by offense (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-30 Trends in the percent distribution of the number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by offense and by age (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-31 Trends in cohabitation rate of juveniles newly admitted who lived with their families (1980-2000)

Fig. III-32 Trends in the percent distribution of those associated with delinquent groups in total number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-33 Trends in the percent distribution of the number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by number of accomplices (1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-34 Trends in the percent distribution of the number of persons newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by educational level (1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000)

Fig. III-35 Flowchart of treatment in juvenile training schools

Fig. III-36 Percent distribution of new juveniles inmates, by term of sentence (2000)

Fig. III-37 Trends in number of juveniles newly received by probation offices (1949-2000)

Fig. III-38 Percent distribution of newly received juvenile probationers and parolees, by offense (2000)

Fig. III-39 Percent distribution of newly received juvenile probationers and parolees, by age group (2000)

Fig. III-40 Trends in Class A rate (1971-2000, as of December 31)

Table III-7 Percentages of juvenile probationers and parolees by category (as of Dec. 31, 2000)

Table III-8 Number of juveniles received and terminated under short-term probation for traffic offenses and implementation of treatment (1998-2000)

Fig. III-41 Percent distribution of the number of juvenile probationers and parolees, by reason for termination of probationary supervision (1991-2000)

Table III-9 Repeat offense rate of juvenile probationers and parolees (1991-2000)

Part4

Increasing Offenses and Offenders

Table IV-1 Increase in the number of reported cases of the penal code offenses by type of offense (1974, 1988, and 2000)

Fig. IV-1 Trends in the percent distribution of persons sentenced to imprisonment without suspension of execution of sentence for larceny in ordinary first instances by length of sentence (1975-2000)

Fig. IV-2 Trends in the number of reported cases and crime rate of major offenses in five countries (1980-1999)

Fig. IV-3 Trends in numbers of traffic accidents and persons killed or injured in traffic accidents (1955-2000)

Fig. IV-4 Trends in number of cleared cases and persons cleared for penal code offenses by foreign nationals (1980-2000)

Fig. IV-5 Percent distribution of visiting foreign nationals cleared by type of offense and by nationality (2000)

IV-6 Trends in the number of new class F inmates (1991-2000) Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction

APPENDIX

Appendix I-1 Number of Reported and Cleared Penal Code Offense and Offenders Cleared by Police (1946-2000)

Appendix I-2 Number of Reported and Cleared Penal Code Offenses, and Offenders Cleared by Police, by Major Offenses (1991-2000)

Appendix I-3 Clearance Rate of Penal Code Offenses, by Major Offenses (1991-2000)

Appendix I-4 Number of Suspects Newly Received by the Public Prosecutors Offices for Special Law Offenses, by Offense (1991-2000)

Appendix I-5 Term of imprisonment sentenced in ordinary first instances for financial and economic offenses (1996-2000)

Appendix I-6 Number of Persons Referred for Firearms and Swords Control Law Violations (1996-2000)

Appendix I-7 Medical Treatment After Commission of Offense, by Offense, of Insane Persons and Quasi-Insane Persons (2000)

Appendix I-8 Number of Mentally disordered Persons, by Offense and Disease, of Insane Persons and Quasi-Insane Persons (2000)

Appendix II-1 Number of Persons Finally Disposed by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense (1991-2000)

Appendix II-2 Number of Offenders Newly Received by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense (1991-2000)

Appendix II-3 Prosecution Rate and Suspended Prosecution Rate, by Offense (1991-2000)

Appendix II-4 Number of Persons Sentenced by District Court, by Offense and Sentence

Appendix II-5 Average Daily Number of Inmates of Penal Institutions (1950,1955,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985-2000)

Appendix II-6 Number of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) and Female Rate (1946-2000)

Appendix II-7 Percent Distribution of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) by Offense (1998-2000)

Appendix II-8 Reimprisoned Inmates, by Gender and Offense (2000)

Appendix II-9 Frequency of Imprisonment of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) by Offense (2000)

Appendix II-10 Period of Time until Repeat Offense of Reimprisoned Inmates, by Previous Offense (2000)

Appendix II-11 Number of Parole Applications, etc. (1949-2000)

Appendix II-12 Number of Newly Received Probationers and Parolees (1949-2000)

Appendix II-13 Victims of Crime, by Offense and Casualties (2000)

Appendix III-1 Number of Persons Cleared for Penal Code Offenses, Rate per Population and Juvenile rate, by Juveniles and Adults (1946-2000)

Appendix III-2 Number and Rate per Population of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses excluding Professional Negligence in Traffic by Age Group (1966-2000)

Appendix III-3 Number of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses, excluding Professional Negligence in Traffic Accidents, by Age Group and Offense (2000)

Appendix III-4 Number of Juveniles cleared for Penal Code Offenses, by Major Offense (1946-2000)

Appendix III-5 Rate per Populatin of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses by Major Offense (1946-2000)

Appendix III-6 Number of Juveniles Referred for Special Law Offenses, by Offense (1956-2000)

Appendix III-7 Number of Status Offenders Disposed by Family Court, by type of Status Offense (1969-2000)

Appendix III-8 Number of Juveniles Newly Received by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense and Age Group (1996-2000)

Appendix III-9 Suggestions by Public Prosecutor and Final Disposal of Family Court, by Age Group (2000)

Appendix III-10 Final Disposal by Family Court for Juvenile Cases, by Offense (1975,1985,1997-2000)

Appendix III-11 Number of Newly Admitted Persons and Average daily number of inmates in Juvenile Classification Home (1949-2000)

Appenidx III-12 Number of Juveniles Newly Admitted to Juvenile Training School, by Gender and Treatement Programs (1949-2000)

Appendix III-13 Number of Juveniles Newly Admitted to Juvenile Training School, by Offense (1990, 1995-2000)