ABSTRACT
With the help of extensive promotion by female organizations, the Law of Control and Prevention of Sex Violation nally passed in 1997. is new law provided a regulated protocol for the processing of sexual violation cases, as well as protection for the victims in such cases. According to the crime statistics of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, National Police Administration, rape and gang rape cases processed by police stations during recent years (1997-2003) increased marginally, with an average total of 1,921 cases each year (Table 15.1). However, if this is compared with before the passing of the Law of Control and Prevention of Sex Violation, the number of cases
has noticeably increased (Table 15.2). Why was it that the number of cases substantially increased a er the passing of the law? One can nd that the answer is because there have always been a high number of hidden violations.1 A er the law passed, one can see that the care shown by the vast governmental manpower and resources helped to gradually uncover the hidden cases (Fu-Yuan 2000; Ping-Wu, Guo-Yong, and Fu-Yuan 2002).
