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 White paper on crime 2002 Part 1/Chap.3 

Chapter 3 Offenses Committed by Offenders with Criminal Histories

  Some people with criminal records have a tendency to commit other offenses or repeatedly commit the same type of offense. As for larceny offenses and drug offenses, such people have a considerable impact on criminal trends in Japan. For this reason, this chapter will examine the trend of repeat offenders (people cleared again, who have previously been cleared for committing an offense; hereinafter the same in this chapter).