POLICE OF JAPAN 2009 [FULL TEXT]
CONTENTS
ORGANIZATION & RESOURCES
1. Responsibilities 1
2. History 1
3. Organization 1
4. Human Resources 6
5. Budget 9
6. Equipment 9
7. Support for Crime Victims 10
COMMUNITY SAFETY
1. Community Police 11
2. Crime Prevention 13
3. Sound Growth of Amusement Business 14
4. Control of Offenses Related to Public Morals 14
5. Control of Economic Offenses 14
6. Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency & Sound Development of Youth 15
7. Countermeasures against Cybercrime 17
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
1. Crime Situation 19
2. Fight Against Organized Crime 20
3. Firearms Control 22
4. Drug Control 23
5. Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 24
TRAFFIC POLICE
1. Trends in the Occurrence of Traffic Accidents 26
2. Promotion of Traffic Safety Education & Campaigns 26
3. Traffic Guidance & Enforcement 26
4. ITS Developed by the Japanese Police 28
5. Driver's License 30
SECURITY POLICE
1. Current Situation 31
2. Various Activities 33
POLICE SCIENCE & INFO-COMMUNICATIONS
1. Police Info-Communications 35
2. Criminal Identification 37
3. National Research Institute of Police Science 38
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
1. Technical Assistance 40
2. Frameworks to Counter Transnational Crime 42
Appendices
1. Number of Penal Code Offenses Committed by Juveniles 43
2. Number of Penal Code Offenses Reported and Cleared [2005-2007] 44
3. Number of Violations of Acts related to Road and Traffic 45