英文摘要 |
Since 1973, the Ministry of Justice has edited and published the book Crime Situation and Analyses yearly, presenting various crime statistics and explanations. This book has been published for a long time. When a research for criminal justice policy and crime is carried out, it is imperative for academic field and related authorities for understanding the overall domestic crime problem and using the book as the relative reference. On July 1st, 2013, Academy for the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, went through the organizational restructure. 'The Crime Prevention Research Center ' was joined to the Academy. Part of its work is to investigate, analyze and study the important crime issues confronting this country. To improve the yearly book's value for academic study and to connect it to international criminal justice research, this yearly book was contracted to university professionals. With reference to the research methods, official data analysis, international comparative analyses, coordinating meetings and focus group interviews were used. This 2013 edition has continued the traditional statistics basis, presenting fully the crime trend and status quo, while international comparison for crime situation was also added. It also presents the judicial innovations, charts and figures to reinforce interpreting and analysis, improving results explanation and policy implications. Based upon findings on Year 2013 overall crime situation and trend in Taiwan, suggestions are made, including: A. Advocating for knowledge- and evidence-based criminal justice and corrections policies. B. Providing appropriate treatment measures for gender consciousness and needs. C. Emphasizing special needs of elderly criminals and treatment measures for incarcerated, elderly prisoners. D. Putting more concerns on the schedule 2 and 3 drug issues and policies' effectiveness. E. Enhancing medical and rehabilitative policy for schedule 1 drug abusers. F. Watching closely the prevention strategies for drunk driving and hit-and-run accidents. G. Improving crime statistics and prevention for food and drug crimes. H. Making prevention and treatment guidelines based upon finding on juvenile crime trends. I. Enhancing the network connection for crime victims. J. Reducing continually lawsuit abuse and reinforcing diversion to save judicial and corrections resources. |