PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE IN JAPAN - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32525
• Author(s): S DANDO
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 26 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION BY NELSON ROSE FROM AN ORIGINAL WORK IN FRENCH APPEARING IN REVUE DE DROIT PENAL ET DE CRIMINOLOGIE (OCTOBER 1971)

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF THE 'PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE' SYSTEM WHICH TAKES IN THE FUNCTION OF BOTH PROBATION AND PAROLE IN THE U.S., WITH CITATIONS OF THE APPLICABLE JAPANESE LAWS.

Abstract

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE (HOGOKANSATSU) IN JAPAN IS PRESENTED. THE FIVE CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM IT IS APPLIED AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT IS APPLIED ARE ENUMERATED. THE ORGANIZATION OF PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE ON A REGIONAL BASIS UNDER A CENTRAL COMMISSION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE IS OUTLINED. THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS ARE DESCRIBED. TWO METHODS OF APPLICATION ARE EMPLOYED - THAT OF CONTROL AND DIRECTION AND THAT OF ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION. A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF HOW EACH OF THESE METHODS FUNCTIONS. REASONS FOR DISCONTINUING PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE ARE LISTED. TABLES ARE INCLUDED GIVING STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF VARIOUS KINDS ON PERSONS IN THE PROTECTIVE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM AND VOLUNTEER WORKERS. FOR THE ORIGINAL OF THIS DOCUMENT IN FRENCH, SEE NCJ-18380.