THE WHITE PAPER ON CRIME IN JAPAN IS COMPRISED OF FOUR SUBSTANTIVE SECTIONS. TRENDS IN CRIMINALITY ARE ANALYZED, BASED ON 1977 DATA FOR PENAL CODE OFFENSES, SPECIAL LAW OFFENSES SUCH AS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, CRIMES COMMITTED BY ORGANIZED VIOLENT GROUP MEMBERS, VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED BY YOUTHFUL EXTREMISTS, OFFENSES CONCERNING POLLUTION, CRIMES COMMITTED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, NARCOTIC AND OTHER DRUG OFFENSES, MENTALLY DISTURBED OFFENDERS, CRIMES COMMITTED BY FOREIGNERS AND BY JAPANESE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FEMALE OFFENSES, AND ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENSES. THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS (PROSECUTION AND TRIAL, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PROBATION, PAROLE, AND AFTERCARE) IS COVERED. A DISCUSSION OF RECIDIVISM AND THE TREATMENT OF RECIDIVISTS FOLLOWS, WITH TOPICS OF INTEREST BEING RECIDIVISM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THE INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF RECIDIVISTS, REHABILITATION SERVICES AND REPEATED OFFENDERS, TYPES OF RECIDIVISTS, AND PROBLEMS IN RECIDIVISM. FINALLY, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, JUVENILE CRIMINALITY, AND THE DISPOSITION AND TREATMENT OF JUVENILES ARE CONSIDERED. SUPPORTING DATA ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)