WHITE PAPER ON CRIME 2015

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PART 1 Crime Trends

Chapter 1 Penal Code Offenses

Section 1 Principal Data

Fig. 1-1-1-1Fig. 1-1-1-1 Penal Code offenses: reported cases, cleared persons and clearance rate

Fig. 1-1-1-2Fig. 1-1-1-2 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: cleared persons (percentages by age groups)

Fig. 1-1-1-3Fig. 1-1-1-3 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses (female): cleared persons and rate per population

Section 2 Non-traffic Penal Code Offenses

1 Theft

Fig. 1-1-2-1Fig. 1-1-2-1 Theft: reported/cleared cases and clearance rate

2 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses excluding theft

Fig. 1-1-2-2Fig. 1-1-2-2 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses excluding theft: reported/cleared cases and clearance rate

Fig. 1-1-2-3Fig. 1-1-2-3 Major non-traffic Penal Code offenses: reported/cleared cases and clearance

3 Special fraud

Fig. 1-1-2-4Fig. 1-1-2-4 Special fraud: reported/cleared cases and amount of damages

Chapter 2 Special Acts Offenses

Section 1 Principal Data

Fig. 1-2-1-1Fig. 1-2-1-1 Special Acts offenses: persons referred to public prosecutors

Section 2 Major Special Acts Offenses

Fig. 1-2-2-1Fig. 1-2-2-1 Major special Acts offenses: persons referred to public prosecutors

Table 1-2-2-2Table 1-2-2-2 Stalking cases: cleared cases

Chapter 3 Various Types of Offenses

Section 1 Traffic Offenses

1 Occurence of traffic accidents

Fig. 1-3-1-1Fig. 1-3-1-1 Traffic accidents: accidents occurred and persons killed/injured

2 Traffic-related violations

Fig. 1-3-1-2Fig. 1-3-1-2 Traffic-related violations: number of detected cases (1994-2013)

Section 2 Financial and Economic Offenses

1 Tax related offenses

Fig. 1-3-2-1Fig. 1-3-2-1 Tax violations: persons referred to public prosecutors

2 Economic offenses

Fig. 1-3-2-2Fig. 1-3-2-2 Obstruction of compulsory executions, etc.: persons referred to public prosecutors

Fig. 1-3-2-3Fig. 1-3-2-3 Violations of Commercial Code/Companies Act, etc.: persons referred to public prosecutors

Fig. 1-3-2-4Fig. 1-3-2-4 Violations of Investment Act, etc.: persons referred to public prosecutors

3 Intellectual property related offenses

Fig. 1-3-2-5Fig. 1-3-2-5 Trademark Act and Copyright Act violations: persons referred to public prosecutors

Section 3 Cybercrime

Fig. 1-3-3-1Table 1-3-3-1 Cybercrime: cleared cases

Table 1-3-3-2Table 1-3-3-2 Offenses using cyber network: cleared cases

PART 2 Treatment of Offenders

Chapter 1 Overview

Fig. 2-1-1Fig. 2-1-1 Flow of Criminal Justice Procedure (adults)

1 Prosecution

2 Courts

3 Institutional Corrections

4 Rehabilitation services

Chapter 2 Prosecution

Section 1 Referrals

Fig. 2-2-1-1Fig. 2-2-1-1 Persons referred to public prosecutors, percentages by types of offense

Section 2 Disposition

Fig. 2-2-2-1Fig. 2-2-2-1 Persons disposed by public prosecutors office, percentages by types of dispositions, and persons prosecuted for trial, etc

Fig. 2-2-2-2Fig. 2-2-2-2 Persons prosecuted/not prosecuted

Table 2-2-2-3Table 2-2-2-3 Persons not prosecuted, by the reason

Chapter 3 Courts

Section 1 Finalized Judgment

Table 2-3-1-1Table 2-3-1-1 Persons whose cases have been finalized (by types of judgment)

Section 2 Courts of First Instance

1 Dispositions

Table 2-3-2-1Table 2-3-2-1 Persons disposed at courts of first instance (by types of offense, and by types of judgments)

2 Sentences

Table 2-3-2-2Table 2-3-2-2 Persons sentenced to imprisonment at courts of first instance

3 Saiban-in trials

Table 2-3-2-3Table 2-3-2-3 Persons received/disposed at courts of first instance in Saiban-in trials (by types of offense)

Section 3 Appeals

Table 2-3-3-1Table 2-3-3-1 Persons disposed at courts of second instance (by types of offense and by types of judgment)

Chapter 4 Institutional Corrections of Adult Offenders

Section 1 Inmates in Penal Institutions

1 Number of inmates in penal institutions

Fig. 2-4-1-1Fig. 2-4-1-1 Yearend inmate population of penal institutions and rate per population

2 Number of new inmates

Fig. 2-4-1-2Fig. 2-4-1-2 New inmate population (male/female), rate per population (total/female), and female rate

3 Characteristics of new inmates

Fig. 2-4-1-3Fig. 2-4-1-3 New inmate population, percentages by age groups (male/female)

Fig. 2-4-1-4Fig. 2-4-1-4 New inmate population, percentages by types of offense (male/female)

Section 2 Treatment of Inmates

1 Treatment codes and treatment guidelines

Table 2-4-2-1Table 2-4-2-1 Inmates per treatment code

2 Special guidance for reform

Table 2-4-2-2Table 2-4-2-2 Inmates in a special guidance for reform

Chapter 5 Rehabilitation Services

Section 1 Parole

1 Parole examinations

2 Number of parolees

Fig. 2-5-1-1Fig. 2-5-1-1 Released inmates and parole rate

3 Ratio of served term of imprisonment

Fig. 2-5-1-2Fig. 2-5-1-2 Inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment for a determinate term and granted release on parole, by the ratio of sentence served and by the terms of sentence

Section 2 Probation and Parole Supervision

1 Probationers and parolees

Fig. 2-5-2-1Fig. 2-5-2-1 Persons newly placed under probation/parole supervision and probation rate

Fig. 2-5-2-2Fig. 2-5-2-2 Persons newly placed under probation/parole supervision, percentages by age groups

2 Treatments during probation/parole

Table 2-5-2-3Table 2-5-2-3 Probationers/parolees in a specialized treatement program

Section 3 Volunteer Probation Officers and Halfway Houses

1 Volunteer probation officers

Fig. 2-5-3-1Fig. 2-5-3-1 Volunteer probation officers (VPOs), average age, and percentage of female VPOs

Fig. 2-5-3-2Fig. 2-5-3-2 Volunteer probation officers, percentages by age groups and by occupation

2 Halfway houses

PART 3 Trends in Juvenile Delinquencies and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Chapter 1 Trends in Juvenile Delinquencies

Section 1 Penal Code Offenses Committed by Juveniles

1 Number of juveniles cleared

Fig. 3-1-1-1Fig. 3-1-1-1 Penal Code/non-traffic Penal Code offenses: juveniles cleared, rate per population

2 Trends by types of delinquency

Section 2 Special Acts Offenses Committed by Juveniles

Fig. 3-1-2-1Fig. 3-1-2-1 Special Acts offenses: juveniles referred to public prosecutors

Section 3 Pre-Delinquents

Chapter 2 Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Section 1 Overview

Fig. 3-2-1-1Fig. 3-2-1-1 Flow of juvenile Justice Procedure

Fig. 3-2-2-1Fig. 3-2-2-1 Juvenile offenders referred to public prosecutors, percentages by types of offense and by age groups

1 Procedure before the referral to family courts

2 Procedure in family courts

3 Procedure for protective measures

Section 2 Prosecution/Courts

1 Investigation by public prosecutors (before the referral to family courts)

2 Family courts

Fig. 3-2-2-2Fig. 3-2-2-2 Juvenile protection cases: juveniles referred to family courts

Section 3 Juvenile Classification Homes

1 Overview of Juvenile Classification HomesAct

2 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile classification homes

Fig. 3-2-3-1Fig. 3-2-3-1 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile classification homes (male/female) and female rate

Section 4 Juvenile Training Schools

1 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile training schools

Fig. 3-2-4-1Fig. 3-2-4-1 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile training schools (male/female) and female rate

Fig. 3-2-4-2Fig. 3-2-4-2 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile training schools and rate per population, by age groups

Fig. 3-2-4-3Fig. 3-2-4-3 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile training schools, percentages by types of delinquency (male/female and by age groups)

2 Treatments provided in juvenile training schools

Section 5 Probation and Parole Supervision for Juveniles

1 Juvenile probationers and parolees

Fig. 3-2-5-1Fig. 3-2-5-1 Juveniles placed under probation/parole supervision

2 Categorized Treatment

Table 3-2-5-2Table 3-2-5-2 Juvenile probationers/juvenile training school parolees, by treatment categories

Chapter 3 Criminal Procedure for Juveniles

PART 4 Trends in Offenses by Specific Types of Offenders and Their Treatment

Chapter 1 Repeat Offenders

Section 1 Clearance

Fig. 4-1-1-1Fig. 4-1-1-1 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: repeat offenders among persons cleared, and rate of repeat offender

Fig. 4-1-1-2Fig. 4-1-1-2 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: cleared persons with/without previous conviction and percentages of persons with previous convicton, by types of offense

Section 2 Prosecution

Table 4-1-2-1Table 4-1-2-1 Ex-convicts among persons prosecuted, ratio of ex-convicts to persons prosecuted, by procedural status at the time of the re-offense (by types of offense)

Section 3 Corrections

1 Reimprisoned inmate

Fig. 4-1-3-1Fig. 4-1-3-1 Reimprisoned inmates among new inmates population, and ratio of reimprisoned inmates (total/females)

2 Reimprisonment of released inmates

Fig. 4-1-3-2Fig. 4-1-3-2 Cumulative percentages of reimprisoned inmates after the release, by reasons of the release

Fig. 4-1-3-3" class="caption">Fig. 4-1-3-3 Cumulative percentages of reimprisoned inmates within 5 years after the release, by reasons of release, and by types of offense

Fig. 4-1-3-4" class="caption">Fig. 4-1-3-4 Cumulative percentages of reimprisoned inmates after the release, by the number of time(s) imprisoned

Fig. 4-1-3-5" class="caption">Fig. 4-1-3-5 Cumulative percentages of reimprisoned inmates within 2 years after the release

Section 4 Probation and Parole Supervision

1 Probationers and parolees with previous convictions

Fig. 4-1-4-1Fig. 4-1-4-1 Persons newly placed under probation/parole supervision, with/without previous conviction and ratio of previously convicted persons

2 Violations of conditions for probation/parole

Table 4-1-4-2Table 4-1-4-2 Persons whose probation/parole supervision terminated, re-offending rate and revocation rate

Chapter 2 Foreign National Offenders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

1 Penal Code offenses

Fig. 4-1-1-1Fig. 4-2-1-1 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses by foreigners, cases/persons cleared

2 Special Acts offenses

Fig. 4-2-1-2Fig. 4-2-1-2 Special Acts offenses by foreingers: cases/persons referred to public prosecutors

Section 2 Treatment

1 Prosecution

Fig. 4-2-2-1Fig. 4-2-2-1 Visiting foreign nationals referred to public prosecutors, by nationality

2 Correction

Fig. 4-2-2-2Fig. 4-2-2-2 F-class new inmates (male/female)

3 Probation and parole supervision

Chapter 3 Organized Crime Group Members

Section 1 Trends in Organized Crime Groups

Table 4-3-1-1Table 4-3-1-1 Members/quasi-members of Boryokudan

Section 2 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-3-2-1Fig. 4-3-2-1 Members of Boryokudan cleared

Chapter 4 Drug Offenders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

1 Stimulants Control Act violations

Fig. 4-4-1-1Fig. 4-4-1-1 Stimulants Control Act violations: persons cleared

Fig. 4-4-1-2Fig. 4-4-1-2 Stimulants Control Act violations: persons cleared, by age groups

2 Other drug-related offenses

Fig. 4-4-1-3Fig. 4-4-1-3 Cannabis and other drug violations: persons cleared

Table 4-4-1-4Table 4-4-1-4 New Psychoactive Substance: persons cleared, by types of regulations

Section 2 Imprisonment of Stimulant Offenders

1 Prosecution and court

2 Corrections

Fig. 4-4-2-1Fig. 4-4-2-1 Stimulants Control Act violations: new inmates

Chapter 5 Elderly Offenders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-5-1-1Fig. 4-5-1-1 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: persons cleared, by age groups

Fig. 4-5-1-2Fig. 4-5-1-2 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: rate per population of persons cleared, by age groups

Fig. 4-5-1-3Fig. 4-5-1-3 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: elderly persons cleared, percentages by types of offense and male/female

Fig. 4-5-1-4Fig. 4-5-1-4 Elderly persons cleared, by types of offense

Section 2 Imprisonment of Elderly Offenders

Fig. 4-5-2-1Fig. 4-5-2-1 Elderly new inmates, by the number of time(s) imprisoned

Chapter 6 Offenders with Mental Disorders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Table 4-6-1-1Table 4-6-1-1 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: persons cleared and persons with mental disorders, by types of offense

Section 2 Medical Care and Treatment System for Mentally Ill

Table 4-6-1-2Table 4-6-2-1 Persons for whom public prosecutors applied for a hearing and dispositions at district court hearings, by types of designated act

PART 5 Crime Victims

Chapter 1 Official Statistics on Crime Victimization

Section 1 Number of Cases Involving Human Victims

Fig. 5-1-1-1Fig. 5-1-1-1 Non-traffic Penal Code offenses: cases reported, involving human victims and victimization rate (male/female)

Section 2 Relationship between Victims and Suspects

Fig. 5-1-2-1Fig. 5-1-2-1 Percentages of cleared cases, by relationship between the victim and the suspect (by types of offense)

Section 3 Child Victims

Fig. 5-1-3-1Fig. 5-1-3-1 Child abuse cases: persons cleared, by types of offense

Chapter 2 Victims in Criminal Justice Process

Table 5-2-1Table 5-2-1 Victim participation at the courts of first instance and measures applied

Table 5-2-2Table 5-2-2 Measures for victims/witnesses applied