SOCIAL CHANGE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS - A CASE IN PROBATION

• NCJ Number: 30177
• Author(s): M SHIKITA
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

THE VOLUNTEER PROBATION OFFICER SYSTEM IN JAPAN IS A CASE WHERE OLDER FORMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WERE INSTITUTIONALIZED (IN 1950) AND EXPANDED WITH INCREASING GOVERNMENT ENPHASIS ON PROBATION AND PAROLE.

Abstract

REVIEWED ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS, QUALIFICATIONS, RECRUITMENT, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF JAPAN'S VOLUNTEER PROBATION OFFICERS. THE MOST CRUCIAL ISSUES IN THE FUTURE OF THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM ARE WHETHER VOLUNTEERS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN INTRINSIC ROLE WHICH CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PROFESSIONALS AND WHETHER THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ATTRACT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.