NCJ Number
135723
Date Published
1990
Length
325 pages
Annotation
This volume consists of papers presented at the 84th International Seminar of the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute on "Policy Perspectives on Contemporary Problems in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Administration" as well as materials produced during the 85th International Training Course on "Wider Use and More Effective Implementation of Non-custodial Measures for Offenders."
Abstract
The texts of papers contributed by six experts to the seminar are included in this volume and cover topics ranging from prison overcrowding to the Indian juvenile justice system UN guidelines in crime prevention, counterterrorism activities in Germany, and Federal legislation against organized crime in the U.S. Another section is comprised of six expert papers contributed to the training course. These topics include the expanded use of non-custodial measures and offender accountability, the UN Economic and Social Council, the use of community sanctions and programs, and victim compensation programs in Africa. The book also contains participants' papers and reports from both the seminar and the training course. Participant papers from the training course discuss the use of non-custodial measures for offenders in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Thailand.