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White paper on crime 2001

Increasing Offenses and Offenders

PREFACE

NOTES

Part 1Crime Trends in 2000

Chapter 1Outline of Crimes
    Section 1Outline of Penal Code Offenses
        1.Overview
        2.Trends in major penal code offenses
        3.Trends of noteworthy penal code offenses
    Section 2Outline of Special Law Offenses
        1.Overview
        2.Trends in major special law offenses
    Section 3Financial and Economic Offenses
        1.Tax evasion offenses
        2.Economic offenses
        3.Offenses related to bankruptcies
    Section 4Election-Related Offenses
        1.Trends in offenses related to elections
        2.Trends in application of the regulation holding a candidate jointly responsible
    Section 5Computer-Related Offenses
        1.Trends in computer-related offenses and disposition by public prosecutors offices and courts
        2.Measures against computer-related offenses
    Section 6Firearm Offenses
        1.Trends in firearm offenses
        2.Disposition by public prosecutors offices and courts on Firearms and Swords Control Law violations
Chapter 2Trends in Offenses by Specific Offenders
    Section 1Offenses by Organized Crime Groups
        1.Trends in organized crime groups
        2.Trends in offenses by organized crime groups
    Section 2Public Official Offenses
        1.Overview
        2.Public official offenses related to duties of officials engaged in criminal justice
        3.Graft
        4.Others
    Section 3Offenses by Mentally Disabled Persons
        1.Trends in offenses committed by mentally disabled persons, etc.
        2.Disposition by public prosecutors offices and courts for offenses committed by mentally disabled persons, etc.
        3.Characteristics of mentally disabled offenders---focusing on homicide offenders---
        4.The mentally disabled in correctional institutions
    Section 4Extremist Group Offenses
        1.Guerrilla incidents
        2.Intra-group strife
        3.Arrest of persons involved in the Red Army
    Section 5Offenses Committed by Offenders with Criminal Histories
        1.Offenses committed by adult offenders
        2.Offenses committed by juvenile offenders

Part 2Treatment of Offenders and Relief for Crime Victims

Chapter 1Overview of Treatment
Chapter 2Prosecution
    Section 1Overview
    Section 2Reception of Suspected Cases
    Section 3Arrest and Detention of Suspects
    Section 4Dispositions of Suspected Cases
Chapter 3Trial
    Section 1Overview
    Section 2Judgments
        1.Defendants finally judged by trial
        2.The first instance
        3.Appeals
    Section 3Sentencing
        1.Death sentence
        2.Imprisonment with labor for life
        3.Imprisonment with or without labor for a limited term
        4.Fines
        5.Suspended sentence
    Section 4Detention and Bail
    Section 5Criminal Compensation
    Section 6State of Trials and Sentencing in Cases Involving Aum Shinrikyo Cult Members
Chapter 4Correction of Adult Offenders
    Section 1Overview
    Section 2Imprisonment in Penal Institutions
        1.Trends in the average daily number of inmates, etc.
        2.Trends in the number of new inmates (excluding inmates awaiting trial)
        3.Characteristics of new inmates (excluding inmates awaiting trial)
        4.Reimprisonment
    Section 3Treatment of Inmates
        1.Basic systems for treatment
        2.Prison work
        3.Educational activities
        4.Medical treatment and hygiene
        5.Security
        6.System of grievance
        7.Cooperation from the nongovernmental sector
    Section 4Treatment of Members of Organized Crime Groups
        1.Imprisonment of members of organized crime groups
        2.Characteristics of designated organized crime group members who were newly imprisoned
        3.Treatment in penal institutions
    Section 5Treatment of Inmates Awaiting Trial
    Section 6Treatment in Women's Guidance Homes
Chapter 5Rehabilitation Services
    Section 1Overview
        1.Organizations for the rehabilitation services
        2.Volunteer probation officers and their organizations
        3.Juridical persons for offenders rehabilitation services
        4.Nongovernmental support organizations
    Section 2Parole
        1.Overview of parole
        2.Administration of parole
        3.Other measures
    Section 3Probationary Supervision
        1.Overview
        2.State of probationary supervision
        3.Other measures
        4.Results of implementation of probationary supervision
    Section 4Assistance during Supervision, Urgent Aftercare of Discharged   Offenders, and Halfway Houses
        1.Assistance during supervision, urgent aftercare of discharged offenders
        2.Halfway houses
        Section 5Amnesties
    Section 6Crime Prevention Activities
Chapter 6Relief of Crime Victims
    Section 1Damage Due to Crime as Shown by Statistics
        1.Fatal and bodily damage
        2.Property damage
        3.Damage due to sexual offenses
        4.Relationship between victims and suspects
    2International Comparison on the Actual Situation of Damage Due to Crime
        1.Overview
        2.Survey results in Japan
        3.Comparison with other countries
    Section 3Consideration for Victims in Criminal Justice
        1.Criminal proceedings and victims
        2.Benefit payment systems for crime victims, etc.

Part3Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Chapter 1Trends in and Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency
    Section 1Trends in Juvenile Penal Code Offenses
        1.Trends in the number of cleared juveniles and relevant rates
        2.Trends by age group
        3.Trends by category of offenses
    Section 2Trends in Juvenile Special Law Offenses
        1.Trends in the number of juveniles referred by the police
        2.Drug-related
        3.Traffic offenses
    Section 3Trends in Status Offenses
    Section 4Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency
        1.Group delinquency
        2.Family and delinquency
        3.School and delinquency
        4.Bullying and delinquency
Chapter 2Treatment of Delinquents
    Section 1Overview of Treatment Based on Amendment to the Juvenile Law
        1.Overview of amendment to the Juvenile Law
        2Overview of treatment of juvenile delinquents under the Amended Juvenile Law
    Section 2Prosecution and Trial in Juvenile Cases
        1.Prosecution in juvenile cases
        2.Juvenile hearing
        3.Criminal trial of juveniles
    Section 3Classification at Juvenile Classification Homes
        1.Admission and discharge
        2.Classification activities
    Section 4Treatment at Juvenile Training Schools
        1.Overview
        2.Admission and discharge
        3.Characteristics of newly admitted juveniles
        4.Treatment in juvenile training schools
    Section 5Treatment of Juvenile Inmates
        1Overview
        2Conditions of detention and characteristics of juvenile inmates
        3Outline of treatment of juvenile inmates
    Section 6Rehabilitation Services for Juveniles
        1Overview
        2Trends in probationary supervision cases
        3Characteristics of juveniles on probationary supervision
        4Status of treatment in probationary supervision
        5Various systems
        6Result of probationary supervision

Part4Increasing Offenses and Offenders

Chapter 1Increasing General Penal Code Offenses---Focusing on Larceny
    1.Increase in the number of reported penal code offenses and reported cases of larceny
    2.Trends in major types of larceny according to the number of reported cases
    3.Trends in nature of larceny according to the numbers of cleared cases and persons cleared
    4.Clearance rates and number of cleared cases of larceny
    5.Dispositions by public prosecutors offices and by courts for larceny
    6.Comparison of crime trends with other countries
    7.Trends in the number of reported cases of general penal code offenses except for larceny
Chapter 2Traffic Offenses
    1.Increasing traffic accidents
    2.Trends and dispositions of traffic offenses
Chapter 3Drug Offenses
    1.Trends in drug offenses
    2.Trends in large-scale or organized crime
    3.Treatment of drug offenders
Chapter 4Globalization of Crime and Crimes by Foreign Nationals
    1.Trends in offenses by visiting foreign nationals
    2.Treatment of crime committed by foreign nationals

APPENDIX

Appendix I-1Number of Reported and Cleared Penal Code Offense and Offenders Cleared by Police (1946-2000)
Appendix I-2Number of Reported and Cleared Penal Code Offenses, and Offenders Cleared by Police, by Major Offenses (1991-2000)
Appendix I-3Clearance Rate of Penal Code Offenses, by Major Offenses (1991-2000)
Appendix I-4Number of Suspects Newly Received by the Public Prosecutors Offices for Special Law Offenses, by Offense (1991-2000)
Appendix I-5Term of imprisonment sentenced in ordinary first instances for financial and economic offenses (1996-2000)
Appendix I-6Number of Persons Referred for Firearms and Swords Control Law Violations (1996-2000)
Appendix I-7Medical Treatment After Commission of Offense, by Offense, of Insane Persons and Quasi-Insane Persons (2000)
Appendix I-8Number of Mentally disordered Persons, by Offense and Disease, of Insane Persons and Quasi-Insane Persons (2000)
Appendix II-1Number of Persons Finally Disposed by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense (1991-2000)
Appendix II-2Number of Offenders Newly Received by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense (1991-2000)
Appendix II-3Prosecution Rate and Suspended Prosecution Rate, by Offense (1991-2000)
Appendix II-4Number of Persons Sentenced by District Court, by Offense and Sentence
Appendix II-5Average Daily Number of Inmates of Penal Institutions (1950,1955,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985-2000)
Appendix II-6Number of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) and Female Rate (1946-2000)
Appendix II-7Percent Distribution of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) by Offense (1998-2000)
Appendix II-8Reimprisoned Inmates, by Gender and Offense (2000)
Appendix II-9Frequency of Imprisonment of Newly Imprisoned Offenders (excluding inmates awaiting trial) by Offense (2000)
Appendix II-10Period of Time until Repeat Offense of Reimprisoned Inmates, by Previous Offense (2000)
Appendix II-11Number of Parole Applications, etc. (1949-2000)
Appendix II-12Number of Newly Received Probationers and Parolees (1949-2000)
Appendix II-13Victims of Crime, by Offense and Casualties (2000)
Appendix III-1Number of Persons Cleared for Penal Code Offenses, Rate per Population and Juvenile rate, by Juveniles and Adults (1946-2000)
Appendix III-2Number and Rate per Population of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses excluding Professional Negligence in Traffic by Age Group (1966-2000)
Appendix III-3Number of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses, excluding Professional Negligence in Traffic Accidents, by Age Group and Offense (2000)
Appendix III-4Number of Juveniles cleared for Penal Code Offenses, by Major Offense (1946-2000)
Appendix III-5Rate per Populatin of Juveniles Cleared for Penal Code Offenses by Major Offense (1946-2000)
Appendix III-6Number of Juveniles Referred for Special Law Offenses, by Offense (1956-2000)
Appendix III-7Number of Status Offenders Disposed by Family Court, by type of Status Offense (1969-2000)
Appendix III-8Number of Juveniles Newly Received by Public Prosecutors Offices, by Offense and Age Group (1996-2000)
Appendix III-9Suggestions by Public Prosecutor and Final Disposal of Family Court, by Age Group (2000)
Appendix III-10Final Disposal by Family Court for Juvenile Cases, by Offense (1975,1985,1997-2000)
Appendix III-11Number of Newly Admitted Persons and Average daily number of inmates in Juvenile Classification Home (1949-2000)
Appenidx III-12Number of Juveniles Newly Admitted to Juvenile Training School, by Gender and Treatement Programs (1949-2000)
Appendix III-13Number of Juveniles Newly Admitted to Juvenile Training School, by Offense (1990,1995-2000)