Crime, Its Causes and Rehabilitative Services for Offenders (From UNAFEI (United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders) Report for 1978 and Resource Material, P 89-97, 1979 - See NCJ-70911)

• NCJ Number: 70918
• Author(s): K I Ahmed
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

This paper reviews factors conducive to crime and its prevention, the treatment of juvenile delinquents, and aftercare services for offenders in Nepal, Tonga, Iraq, Japan, India, and Malaysia.

Abstract

Factors conducive to crime in Nepal are reported to be social, economic, and cultural. Various caste groups generate hostility toward one another, such that most of the murders stem from intercaste rivalries. The high rate of unemployment also fuels profitable criminal activities in Nepal. Workshop participants advised modernization in social forms, the economy, and penal administration. The family is discussed as being a principal influence in stimulating or preventing delinquency. A social structure that facilitates education and socialization in the family is encouraged in Tonga. In addition, the workshop participants suggested social educational programs for young couples. The presentation dealing with robbery by juveniles in Iraq points out that education deprivation tends to produce juvenile robbers because of a lack of other forms of socially acceptable behavior taught through education. Friends and peer group are also viewed as highly influential in determining juvenile behavior. Workshop participants, however, believed education to be neutral in combating crime since it can equip those with criminal tendencies to be more effective in their criminal pursuits. A juvenile training and education home and tentative probation are discussed as treatment approaches for juveniles in Japan, and aftercare services are described for India and Malaysia. No references are cited.