NCJ Number
145486
Date Published
1989
Length
17 pages
Annotation
Activities carried out by the United Nations and its committees to strengthen its role in crime prevention and criminal justice are discussed. Cooperative efforts between various nations in the area of criminal justice are also highlighted.
Abstract
On May 27, 1988, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations adopted a resolution that reconfirmed the importance that member nations place on the United Nations role in crime prevention and criminal justice. It called for a review of the functioning and programs of the United Nations in that area. This report discusses subsequent activities to implement the resolution. Preparations for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders also are addressed. Another focus of this report is criminal justice activities carried out over a regional, interregional and international level. Among these was an international seminar on the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency through community participation hosted by the Ministry of Justice of China; the Government of Italy provided advisory assistance to the Latin American Institute of the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders and to Jamaica on computerization of criminal justice and improvement of prison conditions; and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland provided advice to Malawi and Zambia on probation and prison reform. This document is intended to be read in conjunction with the report of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control on its tenth session.