On June 1st, the Supreme People's Procuratorate released the "White Paper on Juvenile Prosecution (2014-2019)", which shows that in recent years, the number of minor crimes has rebounded after a number of consecutive years of decline and stabilized, infringing on minors The number of crimes is on the rise. Crimes involving minors are steadily changing, and judicial protection has a long way to go.
The "White Paper" comprehensively summarizes and summarizes the judicial protection work for minors of the national prosecution authorities from 2014 to 2019. The "White Paper" includes punishment and accurate teaching of crime-related minors according to law, combating crimes against minors and protecting and assisting minor victims, carrying out comprehensive and comprehensive judicial protection, participating in minors' protection of social governance, and strengthening publicity and education on the rule of law of minors Strengthen the professionalization and standardization of juvenile procuratorial work, and promote the socialization of juvenile procuratorial work in seven areas, comprehensively demonstrating the specific practices and obvious results of juvenile procuratorial work.
According to the "White Paper", from 2014 to 2019, procuratorial organs across the country accepted 284,569 arrests of minor criminal suspects. After review, 88,953 arrests were not approved, and 383,414 people were prosecuted, including 58,739 (including attachments). The condition of not prosecuting does not prosecute after the expiry of the test period), the arrest rate and non-prosecution rate are 31.43% and 16.70% respectively, which are higher than ordinary criminal offences. In addition, 32,023 people were conditionally not prosecuted, and the number has increased year by year since 2015. The rate of conditionally not prosecuted is 8.78%, and the number of people who have been re-indicted remains at about 3%.
The White Paper analyzes the situation of criminal cases involving minors in recent years and points out that the current overall situation of juvenile delinquency has stabilized and improved. Minors are suspected of serious violent and drug crimes, school bullying and violent crimes, 14 to 16 The number of crimes committed by juveniles gradually decreases, and the recidivism rate of minors is generally stable. However, the situation has changed steadily and there are worries between good and bad. The number of juvenile crimes has rebounded. The number of juvenile gatherings, provocations, and rape crimes has risen. The problems of minors, adult co-opting and persuading minors to participate in criminal crimes are relatively prominent.
The "White Paper" revealed that the juvenile judicial protection policy has been well implemented overall, and the rate of juvenile delinquency, non-prosecution and conditional non-prosecution has increased year by year, but the problems of uneven development and inadequate development in various regions are still more prominent , Needs to be highly valued. (CCTV reporter Cheng Qin)
(Editing Zhang Bing)