Section 2 Prosecution/Trial
1 Previously convicted persons among those prosecuted
Of persons prosecuted in 2009 (limited to those prosecuted for non-traffic penal code offenses and special act offenses but excluding violations of road traffic related acts and also excluding corporations and juridical persons and those whose previous conviction histories are unknown), Table 3-6-2-1 shows the number of previously convicted persons (limited to persons with previous convictions of fine or heavier punishment; hereinafter the same in this subsection), the rate of previously convicted persons (refers to the percentage of previously convicted persons to persons prosecuted; hereinafter the same in this subsection), and the number of those by their status at the time of the offense (under suspension of execution of the sentence, on parole, or on bail) by type of offense for which they were prosecuted. The rate of previously convicted persons was 48.4%. By type of offense, that for Physical Violence Act violations, Stimulants Control Act violations, and Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act violations all exceeded 60%.
Table 3-6-2-1 Number of previously convicted persons/rate of previously convicted persons/ status at the time of the offense among persons prosecuted by type of offense (2009)
