South Korea expects to arrest more than 13,000 teenagers for school violence between January and August, a record high

The number of teenagers arrested for school violence between January and August this year exceeded 13,000, setting a new annual record.
According to documents submitted to Rep. Jung-sen's office by the National Police Agency on the 16th, 13,157 young people aged 14 to 18 were arrested for school violence between January and August this year.
The number of young people arrested for school violence is increasing every year. In 2020, it was 11,331, in 2021 it was 11,968, and in 2022 it was 14,436.
Last year, the number of cases reached a record high of 15,437. In terms of crime type, assault/injury (6,128 cases) was the most common at 47.3%, followed by sexual assault at 25.1% (3,303 cases) and other (threat
This was followed by assault, insults, defamation, extortion, etc.) at 19.9% (2,614 people), and extortion of money or valuables at 7.76% (1,022 people).
Nearly half (47.2%, 6,213 people) were treated as having been closed before filing charges, while 35.3% (4,640 people) were referred to the prosecutor's office.
Fifty-seven juveniles were handed over to the prosecutor's office under custody. 17.5% (2,304) were referred to the juvenile division of the court.
Those aged 14 or older are not considered "criminal minors" but have been arrested.
Nearly half of the cases are interpreted as cases of relatively minor school violence, where the students received disciplinary action from the school instead of being formally charged.
Jeong said, "The number of people arrested for school violence up to August this year has already reached
"This is up from 85 percent last year," he said, adding, "We will continue to propose policies and develop legislation to eradicate everyday threats such as school violence."