counseling (child welfare officers, child centers psychologists, etc.) Education centers Prefectures, Consultations on bullying, truancy, 59 102,221 designated cities etc. (education advisors) locations consultations (2014) Youth centers Prefectures, Consultations on juvenile issues 707 181,923 cities/towns/ (counselors) locations direct villages, (as of consultations city/town/village January 105,413 workers’ unions, 2015) telephone councils of consultations relevant 5,725 institutions/ e-mail groups, consultations (FY 2013) organizations Juvenile National Advice, etc., provided on a full range 52 4,189 classification government of issues pertaining to delinquency locations consultations homes and crime (juvenile classification (Jun-Dec 2015) home personnel) Prefectural police Prefectural police Consultations on juvenile 1,364 64,781 headquarters, delinquency prevention and locations consultations police stations protection (officers specializing in (2015) (National Police protection and guidance, Agency) juvenile officers) 2. Data on child abuse (Collected by NPA) The number of consultations about child abuse brought to police juvenile consultation sites totaled 4,839 in 2015 and has been rising each year. The police had 785 cases involving child abuse that resulted in arrests during 2015 with arrests of 811 people. These are the highest levels since beginning the statistics in 1999. Trends for the number of consultations about child abuse brought to police juvenile consultation sites: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The number of 2,949 3,542 3,675 4,632 4,839 consultations Trends for persons arrested by crimes in abuse cases: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Arrest cases 384 472 467 698 785
counseling centers (child welfare officers, child psychologists, etc.) Education centers Prefectures, designated cities Consultations on bullying, truancy, etc. (education advisors) 59 locations 102,221 consultations (2014) Youth centers Prefectures, cities/towns/ villages, city/town/village workers’ unions, councils of relevant institutions/ groups, organizations Consultations on juvenile issues (counselors) 707 locations (as of January 2015) 181,923 direct consultations 105,413 telephone consultations 5,725 e-mail consultations (FY 2013) Juvenile classification homes National government Advice, etc., provided on a full range of issues pertaining to delinquency and crime (juvenile classification home personnel) 52 locations 4,189 consultations (Jun-Dec 2015) Prefectural police headquarters, police stations (National Police Agency) Prefectural police Consultations on juvenile delinquency prevention and protection (officers specializing in protection and guidance, juvenile officers) 1,364 locations 64,781 consultations (2015) 2. Data on child abuse (Collected by NPA) The number of consultations about child abuse brought to police juvenile consultation sites totaled 4,839 in 2015 and has been rising each year. The police had 785 cases involving child abuse that resulted in arrests during 2015 with arrests of 811 people. These are the highest levels since beginning the statistics in 1999. Trends for the number of consultations about child abuse brought to police juvenile consultation sites: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The number of consultations 2,949 3,542 3,675 4,632 4,839 Trends for persons arrested by crimes in abuse cases: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Arrest cases 384 472 467 698 785