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Table 1 Court decisions by types of offense (15 July 2005–31 Dec. 2012)

From: Development of forensic mental health services in Japan: working towards the reintegration of offenders with mental disorders

 

Court decision

 

Inpatient order N (%)

Outpatient order N (%)

No treatment order N (%)

Dismissal N (%)

Withdrawal N (%)

Total N

Arson

430 (57.3%)

151 (20.1%)

152 (20.3%)

17 (2.3%)

0 (0%)

750

Rape/forcible indecency

82 (57.3%)

18 (12.6%)

33 (23.1%)

7 (4.9%)

3 (2.1%)

143

Homicide

536 (70.6%)

98 (12.9%)

108 (14.2%)

11 (1.4%)

6 (0.8%)

759

Injury

593 (64.1%)

133 (14.4%)

143 (15.5%)

49 (5.3%)

7 (0.8%)

925

Robbery

78 (53.1%)

25 (17.0%)

28 (19.0%)

13 (8.8%)

3 (2.0%)

147

Total

1719 (63.1%)

425 (15.6%)

464 (17.0%)

97 (3.6%)

19 (0.7%)

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