在日本新囚犯中老年人占了创纪录的10% [日本媒体]

The proportion of new prison inmates in Japan who were at least 65 years of age topped 10% for the first time on record in 2014, according to a white paper on crime released by the Ministry of Justice.

根据日本司法部发布的犯罪白皮书显示，2014年日本新囚 犯中超过65岁以上所占比例首次超过10%

Of the 21,866 people sent to prison last year, 2,283 of them, or 10.4%, were senior citizens, the report said, marking a new high since data collection began in 1991.

报告称，去年有21866人被送往监狱，老年人2283人，相当于10.4%，是自1991年数据收集以来的新高。

Among females, 16.4% were aged 65 or older, while the figure was 9.8% for males. The percentage of seniors among newly imprisoned females first topped 10% in 2009.

在女性(囚犯）中，16.4％的人年纪在65岁以上，而男性的数字是9.8%。老年人占新进女性囚犯的比例在2009年第一次超过 10%

Recidivism among seniors has also been a concern. Of those imprisoned in 2013, 18.1% were repeat offenders released within the prior two years—however, this figure was 24.9% among older convicts as compared to 11.5% among those aged 29 and younger.

累犯（再次犯罪）的老年人也受到人们的关注。两年前公布的数据是，2013年入狱的人中有18.1% 的人是惯犯。然而年长者惯犯的比例是24.9%，那些29岁或者更年轻的惯犯只占11.5%

According to the report, the 274 seniors imprisoned in 1991 when data gathering began made up only 1.3% of the year’s total. The percentage has increased in almost every subsequent year.

据报道，当1991年数据刚收集的时候，只有274名在押的老年犯，占当年所有囚犯的 1.3%。然后这个数据逐年递增。

The overall number of new inmates in Japan has declined for eight consecutive years, following a peak of 33,032 in 2006.

在日本新囚犯的数量已经连续八年下降，2006年达到峰值，共33032名。

The white paper on crime also showed that 50.9% of suspects in rape cases detected last year were relatives of or someone formerly acquainted with the victims. The ratio went up 28.3 percentage points from 20 years ago.

犯罪白皮书还指出，去年发生强奸案里，50.9%的嫌疑人是受害者的亲戚或者与受害者熟识。而这一数据在二十年间 上升了28.3％

In indecent assault cases in 2014, 26.8% of suspects were family members of or someone who had previously known the victims, up 18.2 points compared with 20 years ago.

2014年的猥亵强暴案中，26.8%的嫌疑人是受害者的家人或者之前认识受害者。和二十年相比，提高了18.2％

A ministry official said the rise in the figures reflects the growing support system for victims, which allowed them to report the offenses.

一位官员称，这一数字的增长表明受害者支持体系的完善，它让受害者能够（向政府）报告这些罪行。

Out of some 1,800 persons who were found guilty of rape or indecent assault in the one-year period from July 2008, 13.6% committed a sexual crime again later, with the ratio of repeat offenders higher among people without jobs compared with students or those employed.

从2008年7月之后的一年时间里，共有1800名犯人以强奸罪和猥亵罪的名义入狱。其中 13.6%是再犯，和学生与就业人员相比，无人人员重复性犯罪的比例更高。

While 47.3% of rape offenders were aged 29 or younger, 51.3% of those caught for molesting were aged 40 or above, the paper said.

文章说， 47.3%的强奸犯都是29岁以下的， 51.3%的猥亵骚扰犯都是超过四十岁的。


turbotsatNOV. 16, 2015 - 07:35AM JST
Baby-boomer wave hits the prisons.

婴儿潮袭击监狱

zurcroniumNOV. 16, 2015 - 08:11AM JST
old age crime, when will it stop?

老年犯罪，何时能够停止？

DisillusionedNOV. 16, 2015 - 08:44AM JST
It would be interesting to know what offenses the older gen were arrested for. My guess would be, they were mostly petty crimes, especially theft or fraud. This would be due to the failed pension system. I'd also guess a lot of them are in for murders of family members, which seems to be quite common in Japan.

如果能知道这些老年人为什么而被捕将会很有趣。我猜他们大部分都应该是轻微犯罪，特别是偷窃或者欺诈。这该归罪于失败的养老系统。另外我想很多老年人会为了谋杀家族成员入狱，这似乎在日本很常见。

Those a statistics about tapes and sexual offense are interesting. Most rapes are carried out by young guys under 30, while secular offenses are mostly carried out by pervy older men. The statistic on how many sexual offenders re-offend after release from prison tells you that, there is no rehabilitation system. It's just encarseration.

这些有关种类和性侵犯的统计数据很有趣。大多数强奸罪都是30岁以下年轻人干的，然而长期的性骚扰都是老年人。而关于性罪犯重复性犯罪的数据告诉我们，监狱根本就不是行为改造系统。【意译，原文有错词】

TrevorPeaceNOV. 16, 2015 - 08:45AM JST
When their society changing into something they don't understand or can't cope with (albeit at a slower pace than some of us might like to see) and when they fear dying alone, as many of them undoubtedly do, they simply shrug their shoulders and turn into modern-day kamikaze, but in a sad way that bespeaks the fact that Japan hasn't really changed since the late 1800s when the first American fleet appeared off its shores.

当他们的社会开始变得让他们无法理解或者无法面对的时候（尽管比我们的希望的速度慢）当他们害怕孤独的死去的时候，他们中很多人对此毫不怀疑，他们只是耸耸肩膀，变成现在的“神风特攻队”。但是悲伤地说，那个十九世纪末美国第一舰队在海滩出现，所看到的日本已经不复存在了。

TheGodfatherNOV. 16, 2015 - 08:51AM JST
"indecent assault cases... 26.8%... were family members... the support system... allowed them to report the offenses"
Well done to them for reporting it!!!

干得好，受害者能报告（乱伦强奸案)

avigatorNOV. 16, 2015 - 09:26AM JST
Loneliness drives people to do unimaginable things.

寂寞驱使着人们做不可想象的事情。

GWNOV. 17, 2015 - 12:25PM JST
Does anyone have pictures of jail cells, it seems more & more that jail will be a REAL choice for retirement in this country given so many seniors are committing crimes to put there!

有没有人有牢房的图片，看上去越来越多的牢房将会变成一个真正的退休之选。这个国家把那么多的老年罪犯投进监狱。