CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL - THE CHALLENGE OF THE LAST QUARTER OF THE CENTURY - (NATIONAL STATEMENT BY JAPAN)

• NCJ Number: 34271
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 152 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations
• Note: STATEMENT BEFORE THE FIFTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS, TORONTO, 1-12 SEPTEMBER 1975

Annotation

OVERVIEWS OF SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FORMS OF CRIMINALITY AND THE MEASURES OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL TAKEN IN JAPAN AS OF 1975.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS IN CUSTODY OR IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AS WELL AS THE EMERGING ROLE OF THE POLICE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHANGING EXPECTATIONS AND MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE NEW TYPES OF OFFENSE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME AS NEW CHALLENGES FOR RESEARCH AND PLANNING, AND CRIMINAL LEGISLATION, JUDICIAL PROCEDURES AND OTHER FORMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)