APPEARANCE AND TENDENCIES OF CRIMINALITY IN JAPAN

• NCJ Number: 20612
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 1-15
• Author(s): K MIYAZAWA
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF PHENOMENA AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CRIME IN JAPAN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Abstract

DATA ARE PROVIDED REGARDING TRAFFIC OFFENSES, PROPERTY CRIMES, CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT THE CRIME RATE IS STABILIZED IN PARTS AND DECREASING IN OTHERS. A NUMBER OF TACTICS THAT MAY HAVE INFLUENCED THE CRIME RATE ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A RISING STANDARD OF EDUCATION, DEMOGRAPHY, STRICT CONTROL OF GUNS, AND POLICE/CITIZEN COOPERATION.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN GERMAN...EB