Trends of Victimological Studies in Japan: Prospects for the Next Decade, Based on an Analysis of Studies Carried Out During the Past Ten Years (From Victims and Criminal Justice, P 219-231, 1991, Gunther Kaiser, Helmut Kury, and et al., eds. -- See NCJ-132477)

• NCJ Number: 132486
• Author(s): H Morosawa
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 13 pages
• Sale Source: Max-Planck-Institute Fur Auslandisches und Internationales Strafrecht
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Germany (Unified)

Annotation

This review of Japanese victimological studies considers themes of frequent past studies, remarkable victimological cases in the 1980's, remarkable victimological studies in the 1980's, and the future direction of Japanese victimology.

Abstract

Past frequent victimological studies in Japan in order of frequency have been the victimization of consumers by dishonest merchants (22.0 percent), the victimization of children by family members (14.5 percent), the implementation of the Victim Compensation Act (7.5 percent), victimization that limits the mental and physical development of children (7 percent), official policy regarding victims (6.5 percent), and suicide (5.9 percent). Some remarkable victimological cases in the 1980's were the murder of a teenage girl in the offender's home, the murder of four children in the course of the offender's making of a horror film, magazine purchases of suggestive photographs taken by juveniles, and the suicide of a junior high student due to his having been bullied at school. Victimization studies in the 1980's address the Victim Compensation Act, consumer victimization by dishonest merchants, and victimization by domestic violence. Various 1980 papers on victimization are listed as are likely subjects for victimization research in Japan for the 21st century.