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 White paper on crime 2002 Part 4/Chap.1/Sec.3/3 

3 School violence

   Fig. 4-1-3-3 shows the trends in cases of school violence cleared since 1992. Both the number of cleared cases and number of juveniles cleared tended to increase since 1997. In 2001, the number of cleared cases was 848 (a decrease of 14.7% from the previous year) and the number of suspects prosecuted was 1,314 persons (a decrease of 17.3% from the previous year). The overwhelming majority of the number of juveniles cleared was made up of junior high school students in each year.

Fig. 4-1-3-2 Juvenile family violence, by educational and employment situation (1992-2001)

Fig. 4-1-3-3 Trends in cleared cases of school violence (1992-2001)