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PLANNING OF CRIMINAL POLICY WITHIN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA

NCJ Number
41621
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1976
Length
47 pages
Annotation
PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD IN SANTA BARBARA DE HEREDIA, COSTA RICA, AUGUST 10-16, 1975, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
Abstract
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, URUGUAY, AND VENEZUELA. THE AREAS DISCUSSED DURING THIS SEVEN-DAY CONFERENCE INCLUDED THE RELATIONSHIP TO AND IMPACT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEED FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL; CRIMINAL POLICY PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL PLANNING; METHODS OF AND TECHNIQUES FOR CRIMINAL POLICY PLANNING; RESEARCH AS A PART OF CRIMINAL POLICY PLANNING; MOTIVATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL FOR CRIMINAL POLICY PLANNING; AND REGIONAL COOPERATION. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE EFFORTS ARE INCLUDED. --IN SPANISH...ELW