## Section 3: Police Activities concerning Women

Although the number of confirmed criminal cases in which women are the victims is showing a declining trend, the number of confirmed stalking and spousal violence cases, which threaten the lives of women, and sexual cases that violate the dignity of women, is increasing. In addition, incidents that utilize modern electronic devices such as stalking cases using e-mail, camera voyeurism cases using smartphones and prostitution cases using website bulletin boards are occurring.

In addition to enforcement that applies the various ordinances and the implementation of preventive measures against these crimes, the police are promoting various policies that take the feelings and needs of women victims into consideration, such as procedural support in decision making for the victims of violent crimes arising from the entanglement of emotions related to romantic attachment, and support for the victims of sexual crimes.

## 1 Violent cases arising from the entanglement of emotions related to romantic attachment, etc

## (1) Status

As violent cases such as those attributable to the entanglement of emotions related to romantic attachment involve volatile circumstances that may change quickly and escalate into serious incidents that may lead to the loss of life, such as murder, measures that take these characteristics into consideration are being sought.

Of the violent cases attributable to the entanglement of emotions related to romantic attachment etc, the main cases are stalking and spousal violence related, and the trends are shown in the tables below. The numbers of confirmed cases of both in 2012 were the highest recorded since the Anti-Stalking Act and the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims were enacted.

Trend in the number of confirmed stalking cases (2000-2012)

Trend in the number of confirmed spousal violence cases (2000-2012)

Trend in responses to stalker cases (2008-2012)

Category	Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Percentage change from previous year from
Guidance-warning issued to offender	4,149	4,301	5,887	5,429	7,410	2,801 (37.3%)
Warning	1,335	1,376	1,344	1,288	2,284	986 (77.3%)
Restraining orders, etc.	28	33	41	36	69	14 (25.9%)
Provisional orders	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1-1)
No. of requests for assistance accepted by Chiefs of Police	2,350	2,300	2,470	2,771	4,465	1,714 (81.9%)
Ablation	Striking	240	261	220	187	340	142 (22.6%)
Violation of orders, etc.	1	2	9	9	11	3 (37.5%)
Homicide (inc. attempted homicides)	11	11	7	7	3	-4 (-57.1%)
Accrual	50	70	73	52	141	79 (127.4%)
Injury	158	83	150	120	240	123 (102.5%)
Intermitdation	80	87	108	90	277	167 (267.8%)
Homicide (inc. attempted homicides)	111	124	147	125	279	145 (116.6%)
Other	350	374	384	382	570	188 (48.2%)

Note: Rate of change in 2012 in comparison to figures for 2011 (Rate of change in parenthesis)

Trend in responses to spousal violence cases (2008-2012)

Classification	Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Percentage change from previous year (Note 1)
Guidance warnings issued to perpetrators (cases)	5,341	5,753	8,461	9,331	14,963	5,632 (62.4%)
Police	No. of requests for assistance accepted by Chiefs of Police, etc. (Note 1)	7,225	6,730	9,748	10,290	13,099	2,769 (26.9%)
Response	No. of requests for protection order violations	76	92	86	72	121	49 (68.1%)
Noices to police	No. of requests for medical institutions (cases)	81	44	60	45	67	22 (49.9%)
Injuries	Document submission requests from courts (Note 3)	2,618	2,722	2,774	2,460	2,986	525 (21.3%)
Exercises	Protection order notices from courts (Note 4)	2,534	2,429	2,428	2,144	2,572	428 (20.0%)
Homicide (Incl. attempted homicide)	77	44	49	46	55	9 (19.6%)
Assault	504	552	848	975	1,609	634 (65.0%)
Injury	871	863	1,170	1,142	1,942	800 (70.1%)
Intrimidation	22	21	35	27	121	94 (346.1%)
Home invasion	24	22	38	32	49	17 (53.1%)
Other	152	166	206	202	327	125 (61.9%)

Note 1: Rate of change in 2012 in comparison to figures for 2011 (Rate of change in parenthesis)

2: Figures for 2008 and 2009 represent actions taken in response to requests.

3: Number of cases in which police were requested by the courts to submit documents, etc. stating circumstances when the petitioner consulted the police.

4: Number of cases in which the courts notified police of the issuance of protection orders.