NCJ Number
191475
Editor(s)
Hiroshi Iitsuka,
Rebecca Findlay-Debeck
Date Published
December 2000
Length
588 pages
Annotation
This volume contains the papers and work-group reports from two international training programs sponsored by the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI): the 112th International Training Course on the "Participation of the Public and Victims for More Fair and Effective Criminal Justice Administration" (April 12-July 2, 1999); and the 113th International Training Course on "The Effective Administration of Criminal Justice for the Prevention of Corrupt Activities by Public Officials" (August 30-November 18, 1999).
Abstract
The 112th UNAFEI Course explored measures to enhance the participation of the public and victims in efforts to achieve more fair and effective criminal justice administration in the participating countries. Visiting experts' papers addressed such topics as private participation in the treatment of offenders; innovations in correctional services in Victoria (Australia); victim assistance in Canada; victim redress and victim-offender reconciliation in theory and practice; and findings from the International Victim Survey. Participants' papers addressed victims' and the public's participation in criminal justice administration in the following countries and jurisdictions: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Reports are provided from work groups on victim services and victim participation in judicial and corrections processes. The 113th UNAFEI Course focused on participant countries' experiences with corruption activities by public officials, analysis of the causes and dynamics of corruption, and measures for preventing and responding to such corruption. Papers considered these issues with reference to the countries and jurisdictions of Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, the United States, Japan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Reports are provided on the discussion and recommendations of three work groups on trends, causes, and responses to public corruption.