Rape and indecent assault

• A look at the number of cases reported and the number of arrests involving rape and indecent assault in the last 20 years reveals that although these numbers are slowly decreasing for rape, in the case of indecent assault they have been increasing steadily since 1990.
• Of the 1,453 cases arrest involving rape in 1997, 1,194 or 82.2% were one-person crimes, while 3,649 or 97.6% of arrests involving indecent assault were one-person crimes (Figure 17).

Figure 17: Number of arrests and ratio for one-person cases of rape and indecent assault

Source:

Compiled from Criminal Statistics, National Police Agency

Relationship between the victim of a sexual crime and the suspect

• Over the nine years beginning with 1989, among the number of overall cases of rape and indecent assault which involved arrest, the percentage where the perpetrator was an acquaintance of the victim was approximately 25% for rape and 10% for indecent assault.

Figure 18: Number of cases of rape and indecent assault by acquaintances

Source:

Compiled from Criminal Statistics, National Police Agency

Ways to handle child prostitution

• In recent years, from 4,000 to 5,000 underage girls have been held by the police in protective custody due to deviant sexual behavior. Among these, the number of girls whose motive was to make money for their own personal recreational use is increasingly markedly.
• Regarding how to handle child prostitution and other kinds of sexual delinquency involving juveniles, the most popular response among underage (under 20 years of age) respondents was "Severely punish adults who engage in child prostitution and other kinds of sexual delinquency involving juveniles" (Figure 20). Among respondents of 20 years of age and over, the most popular response from women was "Parents should thoroughly educate their children about sex," while the most frequent response by men was "Severely punish adults who engage in child prostitution and other kinds of sexual delinquency involving juveniles."
• Each of the age and gender groups registered a high percentage of the response, "Severely punish adults who engage in child prostitution and other kinds of sexual delinquency involving juveniles." This result reveals the existence of strong feelings supporting the need for punishment of one of the parties involved in child prostitution-the adult.

Figure 20: Measures to combat child prostitution and other kinds of sexual delinquency (Multiple responses accepted)

Source:

Compiled from Public Opinion Survey on Juvenile Delinquency, Prime Minister's Office, April 1998

One in three women has sustained some form of physical violence

• The response of highest incidence regarding sustaining of violence used by a husband or partner, for the sum of responses of "many times" and "once or twice," was "Never listens to anything I say," under the category of emotional violence, with nearly half of the women surveyed so responding (Figure 21).
• The incidence of "Pushes, grabs, pinches or pokes me," "hits me readily" and other responses indicating physical violence reveal that one in three women has sustained physical violence.

Figure 21: Incidence of sustaining of violence used by a husband or partner

Notes:

1. The respondents to this survey were 1,183 women with husbands or partners.
2. Responses of "Never" and "No answer" are not indicated in the figure.
3. Figures in parentheses represent the sum of the responses "many times" and "once or twice." (Since breakdown figures were rounded off, in some cases the sum of the indicated breakdown figures does not match the indicated sum.)

Source:

Compiled from the Report on the Survey of Violence Against Women, Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, March 1998

Forty percent of women did not consider seeking counseling regarding violence

• Regarding the sustaining of violence used by a husband or partner, 40% of women surveyed "Did not consider seeking counseling." Of these, the most popular "Reason for not seeking counseling" given was "I didn't think the matter was serious enough to warrant counseling" (65.5%), followed by "I thought some of the blame rested on me" (35.1%) and "Counseling wouldn't help anyway" (16.8%) (Figure 22).

Figure 22: Reasons for not seeking counseling regarding violence used by husband or partner (Multiple responses accepted)

Notes:

The respondents to this survey were 339 women among those who have sustained violence used by a husband or partner, who did not seek counseling.

Source:

Compiled from the Report on the Survey of Violence Against Women, Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, March 1998