1 Juvenile probationers/parolees

(1) Number of juveniles newly placed under probation/parole supervision, etc.

Fig. 3-1-5-1 shows the number of juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees newly placed under probation/parole supervision since 1949. The number of juvenile probationers newly placed under probation reached a record high level in 1990 at 73,779, but then turned to a decreasing trend, and was 25,525 in 2010 (down 2.2% from the previous year). The number of juvenile training school parolees newly placed under parole supervision increased from 1997 to 5,848 persons in 2002. It then, however, continued decreasing every year up to 2009, although it slightly increased from the previous year in 2010 to 3,883 (up 0.4% (id.)). (See Appendix 2-12)

Fig. 3-1-5-1 Number of juveniles newly placed under probation/parole supervision (1949-2010)

Fig. 3-1-5-1

(2) Characteristics of juvenile probationers/parolees

a. Age

Fig. 3-1-5-2 shows the percent distribution of juvenile probationers (excluding those placed under short-term probation for traffic offenses; hereinafter the same in this section, unless specified otherwise) and juvenile training school parolees newly placed under probation/parole supervision in 2010 by age group.

Fig. 3-1-5-2 Percent distribution of juveniles newly placed under probation/ parole supervision by age group (2010)

Fig. 3-1-5-2

b. Type of delinquency

Fig. 3-1-5-3 shows the percent distribution of juveniles newly placed under probation/parole supervision in 2010 by type of delinquency and gender.

Fig. 3-1-5-3 Percent distribution of juveniles newly placed under probation/ parole supervision by type of delinquency and gender (2010)

Fig. 3-1-5-3

c. Residential status

Fig. 3-1-5-4 shows the percent distribution of juveniles newly placed under probation/parole supervision by residential status over the last 20 years. The proportion of those “living with their parents” was declining while that of “living with their mother” was rising with respect to both juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees.

Fig. 3-1-5-4 Percent distribution of juveniles newly placed under probation/ parole supervision by residential status (1991-2010)

Fig. 3-1-5-4

d. Educational/employment status

Fig. 3-1-5-5 shows the percent distribution of juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees by educational/employment status at the time of the commencement/termination of their probation/parole supervision in 2010. Although not strictly speaking an exact comparison, as those whose probation/parole supervision commenced and those whose probation/parole supervision terminated the same year were not necessarily the same person, the proportion of those employed was higher at the time of the termination of their probation/parole supervision than at the time of commencement with both juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees. However, 11.5% of all juvenile probationers and 20.9% of all juvenile training school parolees were still unemployed when their probation/parole supervision terminated.

Fig. 3-1-5-5 Percent distribution of juvenile probationers/parolees by educational/ employment status at the time of commencement/termination of their probation/ parole supervision (2010)

Fig. 3-1-5-5