WHITE PAPER ON CRIME 2019

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PART 1 Crime Trends

Chapter 1 Penal Code Offenses

Section 1 Overview

Section 2 Penal Code Offenses by Category

1 Theft

2 Rape and forcible indecency

3 Other Penal Code offenses

Chapter 2 Special Acts Offenses

Section 1 Overview

Section 2 Special Acts Offenses by Category

Column 1 Measures against Crimes

PART 2 Treatment of Offenders

Chapter 1 Overview

Column 2 Judicial System Reform

Chapter 2 Prosecution

Section 1 Reception

Section 2 Dispositions

Column 3 Criminal Justice System in Line with the Times

Chapter 3 Courts

Section 1 Finalized Judgment

Section 2 Courts of First Instance

1 Dispositions

2 Sentences

3 Saiban-in trials

Section 3 Appeals

Chapter 4 Institutional Correction of Adult Offenders

Section 1 Inmates in Penal Institutions

1 Number of inmates in penal institutions

2 Number of new sentenced inmates

3 Characteristics of new sentenced inmates

Section 2 Treatment of Sentenced Inmates

1 Treatment indexes and treatment guidelines

2 Work

3 Guidance for reform

4 Guidance in school courses

Section 3 Administration of Penal Institutions

1 Penal institution visiting committee

2 Food supply, medical care and hygiene

3 Cooperation with private sector

4 Security and safety

Chapter 5 Rehabilitation Services

Section 1 Parole

1 Number of parolees

2 Percentage of sentence served

Section 2 Probation/Parole Supervision

1 Probationers/parolees

2 Treatment during probation/parole

Section 3 Volunteer Probation Officers and Halfway Houses

1 Volunteer probation officers

2 Halfway houses

Column 4 Improvement of Offender Treatment

PART 3 Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Chapter 1 Trends in Juvenile Delinquency

Section 1 Penal Code Offenses Committed by Juveniles

Section 2 Special Acts Offenses Committed by Juveniles

Chapter 2 Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

Section 1 Overview

1 Procedure before referral to family courts

2 Procedure in family courts

3 Procedure for protective measures

Section 2 Prosecution/Courts

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

2 Family courts

Section 3 Juvenile Classification Homes

1 Overview of juvenile classification homes

2 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile classification homes

Section 4 Juvenile Training Schools

1 Juveniles newly committed to juvenile training schools

2 Treatment provided in juvenile training schools

Section 5 Probation/Parole Supervision for Juveniles

1 Juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees

2 Treatment for juvenile probationers and juvenile training school parolees

Chapter 3 Criminal Procedure for Juveniles

Column 5 Improvement of Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

PART 4 Specific Types of Offenses / Offenders

Chapter 1 Traffic Offenses

Section 1 Occurrence of Traffic Accidents

Section 2 Road Traffic-related Violations

Chapter 2 Drug Offenses

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

1 Stimulants Control Act violations

2 Cannabis and other drug-related offenses

3 Offenses related to new psychoactive substances

Section 2 Treatment of Drug Offenders

Chapter 3 Organized Crime

Section 1 Trends in Organized Crime Groups

Section 2 Trends in Offenses

Chapter 4 Financial and Economic Offenses

Section 1 Tax-related Offenses

Section 2 Economic Offenses

Section 3 Intellectual Property-related Offenses

Chapter 5 Cybercrime

Chapter 6 Child Abuse, Spousal Offenses and Stalking-related Crimes

Section 1 Child Abuse

Section 2 Spousal Offenses

Section 3 Stalking-related Crimes

Chapter 7 Offenses by Women

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Section 2 Treatment

Chapter 8 Offenses by the Elderly

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Section 2 Treatment

Chapter 9 Offenses by Foreign Nationals

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

1 Penal Code offenses

2 Special Acts offenses

Section 2 Treatment

1 Prosecution

2 Corrections

Chapter 10 Offenses by Those with Mental Disorders

Section 1 Trends in Offenses

Section 2 Medical Care and Treatment System for Mentally Ill

Chapter 11 Offenses by Public Officials

PART 5 Repeat Offenders

Chapter 1 Cleared Offenders

Chapter 2 Prosecution

Chapter 3 Correction

Section 1 Reimprisoned Inmates

Section 2 Reimprisonment of Released Sentenced Inmates

Chapter 4 Probation/Parole Supervision

Section 1 Probationers and Parolees with Previous Convictions

Section 2 Redisposition or Revocation during Probation/Parole Supervision

Column 6 Prevention of Re-offending

PART 6 Crime Victims

Chapter 1 Crime Victimization

Section 1 Number of Cases Involving Human Victims

Section 2 Relationship between Victims and Suspects

Chapter 2 Victims in the Criminal Justice Process

Column 7 Protection of Crime Victims