NCJ Number
184809
Date Published
December 1999
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This is a background paper for the workshop on combating corruption held as part of the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, April 2000.
Abstract
The workshop will deal with issues related to the prevention and control of corruption using a multidisciplinary approach. The purpose of a national anti-corruption effort is to increase the risk and cost of being corrupt, to build integrity such that the rules of the game and the behavior of the players change and to eventually ensure the rule of law. The paper is divided into four major sections: (1) Aspects and causes of corruption (consequences of corruption, top-level corruption, corruption in public administration, the criminal justice system and the private sector and the link to organized crime); (2) Responses to corruption (national measures, prevention and use of statistical data to understand the dimensions of corruption); (3) International experience and activities (United Nations, European Union, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Council of Europe, World Bank, and other bodies and mechanisms); and (4) Measures required to succeed in the fight against corruption. Notes