JAPAN - SUMMARY OF THE WHITE PAPER ON CRIME, 1976

• NCJ Number: 42513
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 56 pages
• Corporate Author: Japan Ministry of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

THIS PAMPHLET IS THE 14TH ANNUAL REPORT ON CRIME IN JAPAN PRESENTED IN THREE PARTS: TRENDS IN CRIMINALITY; TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS; AND SPECIAL CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

Abstract

THE REPORT CONTAINS EXTENSIVE STATISTICS ON OFFENDERS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN JAPAN INCLUDING THE YEAR 1975. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYZE THE VARIOUS TRENDS IN VIOLENCE AND PROPERTY CRIMES SINCE THE PREWAR PERIOD FROM SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES. AT THE SAME TIME, OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ORGANIZED GROUP MEMBERS AND ANTI-PROSITITUTION OFFENSES AS WELL AS TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS WITH ADVANCED CRIMINALITY ARE SPECIALLY REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH