WHITE PAPER ON CRIME 2016

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PART 1 Crime Trends

Chapter 1 Penal Code Offenses

Section 1 Overview

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 Penal Code offenses: cleared persons (percentages by age groups)

Section 2 Non-traffic Penal Code Offenses

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

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

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

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 Overview

Fig. 1-2-1-1Fig. 1-2-1-1 Special Acts offenses: persons received by public prosecutors

Section 2 Special Acts Offenses in Categories

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

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

PART 2 Treatment of Offenders

Chapter 1 Overview

Fig. 2-1-1Fig. 2-1-1 Flow of Criminal Justice Procedure

Chapter 2 Prosecution

Section 1 Receptions

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

Section 2 Dispositions

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

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

Fig. 2-2-2-3Table 2-2-2-3 Persons not prosecuted (by the reason)

Chapter 3 Courts

Section 1 Finalized Judgment

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

Section 2 Courts of First Instance

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

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

Fig. 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

Fig. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 5 Rehabilitation Services

Section 1 Parole

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

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

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

Fig. 2-5-2-3Table 2-5-2-3 Probationers/parolees in a specialized treatment program

Section 3 Volunteer Probation Officers and Halfway Houses

Fig. 2-5-3-1Fig. 2-5-3-1 Volunteer probation officers (VPOs), their 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 occupations

Fig. 2-5-3-3Fig. 2-5-3-3 Persons newly entrusted to 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

Fig. 3-1-1-1Fig. 3-1-1-1 Penal Code offenses, Dangerous driving causing death or injury, and Negligent driving offenses causing death or injury : juveniles cleared, rate per population

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

Section 2 Prosecution / Courts

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

Fig. 3-2-2-2Fig. 3-2-2-2 Juvenile protection cases: juveniles received by family courts

Section 3 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

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)

Section 5 Probation and Parole Supervision for Juveniles

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

Fig. 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 Specific Types of Offenses / Offenders

Chapter 1 Traffic Offenses

Fig. 4-1-1-1Fig. 4-1-1-1 Traffic accidents: accidents occured and persons killed/injured

Fig. 4-1-2-1Fig. 4-1-2-1 Road traffic-related violations: referred cases

Chapter 2 Drug Offenses

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-2-1-1Fig. 4-2-1-1 Stimulants Control Act violations: persons cleared

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

Fig. 4-2-1-3Fig. 4-2-1-3 Cannabis and other drug violations: persons cleared

Fig. 4-2-1-4Table 4-2-1-4 New Psychoactive Substance: persons cleared, by types of regulations

Section 2 Treatment of Stimulant Offenders

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

Chapter 3 Organized Crime

Section 1 Trends in Organized Crime Groups

Fig. 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 Financial and Economic Offenses

Section 1 Tax-Related Offenses

Fig. 4-4-1-1Fig. 4-4-1-1 Tax violations: persons received by public prosecutors

Section 2 Economic Offenses

Fig. 4-4-2-1Fig. 4-4-2-1 Obstruction of compulsory executions,etc.: persons received by public prosecutors

Fig. 4-4-2-2Fig. 4-4-2-2 Violations of Commercial Code/Companies Act, etc.: persons received by public prosecutors

Fig. 4-4-2-3Fig. 4-4-2-3 Violations of Investment Act, etc.: persons received by public prosecutors

Section 3 Intellectual Property-Related Offenses

Fig. 4-4-3-1Fig. 4-4-3-1 Trademark Act and Copyright Act violations: persons received by public prosecutors

Chapter 5 Cybercrime

Fig. 4-5-1Table 4-5-1 Cybercrime: cleared cases

Fig. 4-5-2Table 4-5-2 Offenses using cyber network: cleared cases

Chapter 6 Offenses and Delinquencies by Women and Girls

Fig. 4-6-1Fig. 4-6-1 Penal Code offenses (female): cleared persons and rate per population

Fig. 4-6-2Fig. 4-6-2 Female new inmates (youth/elderly), by types of offense

Chapter 7 Offenses by the Elderly

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-7-1-1Fig. 4-7-1-1 Penal Code offenses: persons cleared, by age groups

Fig. 4-7-1-2Fig. 4-7-1-2 Penal Code offenses: rate per population of persons cleared, by age groups

Fig. 4-7-1-3Fig. 4-7-1-3 Penal Code offenses: elderly persons cleared, percentages by types of offense and male/female

Fig. 4-7-1-4Fig. 4-7-1-4 Elderly persons cleared, by types of offense

Section 2 Imprisonment of Elderly Offenders

Fig. 4-7-2-1Fig. 4-7-2-1 Penal Code offenses: persons cleared, by age groups

Chapter 8 Offenses by Foreign Nationals

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-8-1-1Fig. 4-8-1-1 Penal Code offenses by foreigners, cases/persons cleared

Fig. 4-8-1-2Fig. 4-8-1-2 Special Acts offenses by foreigners: cases/persons referred to public prosecutors

Section 2 Treatment

Fig. 4-8-2-1Fig. 4-8-2-1 Visiting foreign nationals received by public prosecutors, by nationality

Fig. 4-8-2-2Fig. 4-8-2-2 F-class new inmates (male/female)

Chapter 9 Offenses by Those with Mental Disorders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Fig. 4-9-1Table 4-9-1 Penal Code offenses: persons cleared and persons with mental disorders, by types of offense

Section 2 Medical Care and Treatment System for Mentally Ill

Fig. 4-9-2Table 4-9-2 Persons for whom public prosecutors applied for a hearing and dispositions at district court hearings, by types of designated act

Chapter 10 Offenses by Public Officials

Fig. 4-10-1Table 4-10-1 Acceptance of bribes: persons received/disposed by public prosecutors office

PART 5 Repeat Offenders

Chapter 1 Cleared offenders

Fig. 5-1-1-1Fig. 5-1-1-1 Penal Code offenses: repeat offenders among persons cleared, and rate of repeat offender

Fig. 5-1-1-2Fig. 5-1-1-2 Penal Code offenses: cleared persons with/without previous conviction and percentages of persons with previous convicton, by types of offense

Chapter 2 Prosecution

Fig. 5-2-1-1Table 5-2-1-1 The number and the ratio of ex-convicts among persons prosecuted and procedural status at the time of offense(by types of offense)

Chapter 3 Correction

Section 1 Reimprisoned inmate

Fig. 5-3-1-1Fig. 5-3-1-1 Reimprisoned inmates among new inmates population, and ratio of reimprisoned inmates (total/females)

Section 2 Reimprisonment of released inmates

Fig. 5-3-2-1Fig. 5-3-2-1 Percentages of reimprisonment of released inmates, by reasons for the previous release

Fig. 5-3-2-2Fig. 5-3-2-2 Percentages of reimprisonment of released inmates, by the number of time(s) imprisoned

Fig. 5-3-2-3Fig. 5-3-2-3 Percentages of reimprisonment within 5 years after the release, by reasons for the previous release, by types of offense

Fig. 5-3-2-4Fig. 5-3-2-4 Percentages of reimprisonment of released inmates, by reasons for the previous release

Fig. 5-3-2-5Fig. 5-3-2-5 Percentages of reimprisonment of released inmates within 2 years after the release

Chapter 4 Probation and Parole

Section 1 Probationers and parolees with previous convictions

Fig. 5-4-1-1Fig. 5-4-1-1 Persons newly placed under probation/parole supervision, with/without previous conviction and ratio of previously convicted persons

Section 2 Violations of conditions for probation / parole

Fig. 5-4-2-1Table 5-4-2-1 Persons whose probation/parole supervision terminated, re-offending rate and revocation rate

PART 6 Crime Victims

Chapter 1 Official Statistics on Crime Victimization

Section 1 Number of Cases Involving Human Victims

Fig. 6-1-1-1Fig. 6-1-1-1 Penal Code offenses: cases reported, involving human victims and victimization incident rate (male/female)

Section 2 Relationship between Victims and Suspects

Fig. 6-1-2-1Fig. 6-1-2-1 Percentages of cleared cases, by relationship between the victim and the suspect (by types of offense)

Section 3 Child Victims

Fig. 6-1-3-1Fig. 6-1-3-1 Child abuse cases: persons cleared, by types of offense

Chapter 2 Victims in Criminal Justice Process

Fig. 6-2-1Table 6-2-1 Victim participation at the courts of first instance and measures applied

Fig. 6-2-2Table 6-2-2 Measures for victims/witnesses applied