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shinramyun
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 Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: # of child pornography case hits record high in Japan in '09 |
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TOKYO �
Police took action in a total of 935 cases of the production and distribution of child pornography in Japan in 2009, a 38.3% rise from the previous year to mark the highest level on record, according to a preliminary report the National Policy Agency released Thursday.
The number of victims jumped 21.6% to 411, also marking the highest level on record since the NPA began to compile data in 2000.
The number of child abuse cases totaled 335 in the reporting year, up 9.1%. The number of abuse victims increased 8.8% to 347. Both figures were the highest since statistics began to be taken in 1999.
The number of children who died as a result of abuse came to 28, down by 17 from the previous year.
The number of child porn cases using the Internet stood at 507 in 2009, about double the number in the previous year, the NPA said.
Japan does not prohibit the possession of child porn images, prompting international criticism for being a global supplier of child pornography through the Internet.
But there are no parliamentary moves to tighten regulations on child pornography. Therefore, the NPA is trying to strengthen its crackdown within the current legal framework, including shutting down child porn Internet sites.
The government plans to compile comprehensive measures against child porn in June. |
http://japantoday.com/category/crime/view/no-of-child-pornography-case-hits-record-high-in-japan-in-2009
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Pedophilia in Japan? I don't believe it! |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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More hysteria-mongering from the mainstream media.
Note how the article's headline and first two paragraphs refer to child pornography, the next paragraph to child abuse, and the fourth to child deaths (which declined, btw). To reiterate the false association in the reader's mind however, the very next paragraph returns to the topic of child porn.
The article continues by hyping the problem in the country and heaping criticism for not doing enough to combat it. The fact is that 411 victims in a country with a population of 127,000,000 mean that as a sociological problem, it doesn't even hit the radar.
Furthermore, Japan is NOT a "global supplier of child pornography through the Internet." An analysis by the UK's Internet Watch Foundation reports that Japan is not in the top eight countries for origin of child porn, i.e. it has less than 1.5% of the total worldwide.
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
| The fact is that 411 victims in a country with a population of 127,000,000 mean that as a sociological problem, it barely hits the radar. |
This always needs to be remembered. When establishing how great a problem a certain type of crime is, you can't just list a number of victims. You have to put it in the perspective of the overall population. This is especially important given that, realistically, there's a certain threshold below which any individual crime cannot be reasonably expected to fall. The Japanese can hardly be blamed for a tiny percentage of the population being prone to a certain type of crime. |
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