NCJ Number
138942
Journal
EuroCriminology Volume: 3 Dated: (1990) Pages: 44-63
Date Published
1990
Length
20 pages
Annotation
Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany were selected for a criminality comparison because both countries shared a similar initial situation after World War II in 1945, because Japan has adopted German criminal law as well as the organization of police and corrections to a considerable degree, and both countries are industrial nations that depend on the export of industrial goods to feed, clothe, and house their populations.
Abstract
The data provided by police crime statistics show criminality in Japan in 1985 to be one-fifth of that in the Federal Republic of Germany. For solving crimes, the Japanese total figure amounted to 64.2 percent in contrast to the 47.2 percent figure for Germany. Japan and German also are compared in terms of growth in juvenile delinquency and criminality; criminality among women and elderly persons; the burdens of organized crime, drug abuse, economic and environmental crime; and causes of the relatively low criminality in Japan. Discussion concludes with recommendations for criminal and social policy on the basis of the comparison. 70 references