46 218. Based on the above survey, “harmful internet website/smart phone app regulation (86.5%)” followed by “thorough crackdown and severe punishment by judicial authorities (85.3%)” are required to prevent children and adolescents from entering into prostitution. However, among sex offenders whose identities were disclosed after being sentenced as sex offenders against children and adolescent, 32.3% rapists were put under probation as of 2015. When compared to the punishment to child victims of prostitution who are subjected to protective disposition which is de facto detention, the punishment to sex offender seems milder. 2) Questions 219. Present current situation that the government identifies about the current status of putting ‘protective disposition’ under the Juvenile Act to children subjected to prostitution. Include consultations and services that are provided to the children subjected to prostitution. 220. Are there policies of the government to prevent child prostitutions through online and smartphone apps? 3. The Administration of Juvenile Justice Issue 60. Age of Criminal Minors 1) Current status 221. Under the Criminal Law, the age of criminal minors is 14 years old, but due to the continuous occurrence of violent crimes such as the “Elementary school student murder case in Incheon” and “Mass violence by middle school students in Busan” in 2017 followed by “Mass violence by high school students in Gwanak mountain, Seoul,” there were public voices raised from various social circles to abolish the Juvenile Act and to raise the level of punishment on juveniles through the national petition. 222. In Korea, children under the age of 14 are not subjected to criminal punishment, and many drafts to reform the act to lower the age to 12 or 13 were issued by the current 20th National Assembly. The Minister of Justice announced on July 12th, 2018 that the age of criminal minors will be lowered to the age under 13. 223. According to the Crime Analysis (2006 to 2017) conducted by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, the crime rate of juveniles under 14 recorded 0.6% in 2006 and 0.1% in 2015, and the number is on the decrease. Moreover, even if this applies to juveniles under 14, those who are 10 or older can be subjected to protective disposition such as placement in youth detention centers or probation under the Juvenile Act, and in particular, those who are 12 or older can be sent to long-term placement in youth detention centers (within two years) or be subjected to attendance order.