Crime and Justice in Japan - Implications for the United States

• NCJ Number: 88051
• Journal: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1982) Pages: 61-71
• Author(s): C R Fenwick
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Revised version of paper presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Society of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC

Annotation

Examining official statistics from the United States since the mid-1960's, we see rapidly increasing rates of crime.

Abstract

Japan, on the other hand, has experienced rates that have dramatically declined during this same period. In fact, Japan is the only industrialized non-communist nation where crime has been decreasing. This paper summarizes the structural/cultural and justice related reasons for this phenomenon. Implications for the United States are specified. (Publisher abstract)