Crime and Control in Comparative Perspectives

Hans-Günther Heiland, Louise I. Shelly, Hisao Katoh, Hans-Günther Heiland, Louise I. Shelly, Hisao Katoh

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9783110126143
• eBook ISBN: 9783110875850
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Social Sciences

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Table of contents

• Civilization, Modernization and the Development of Crime and Control
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Civilization and Modernization – Two Paradigms to Describe Long Term Changes in Crime and Control
• 2.1 The Civilization Concept
• 2.2 The Modernization Concept
• 3 Civilizing and Modernizing: Concerning the Exploratory Power of Two Paradigms
• 3.1 Civilizing and Modernizing and Their Impact on Crime and Control in Developed Societies
• 3.2 Civilizing and Modernizing and Their Impact on Crime and Control in Developing Societies
• 3.3 Civilizing and Modernizing and Their Impact on Crime and Control in Socialist Societies
• 4 Remarks Concerning the Rewards of the Concepts of Civilizing and Modernizing
• Part I Crime and Control in Developed Nations
• Developments in Delinquency and Criminal Justice: A Nordic Perspective
• 1 Background
• 2 The Development of Crime in the Nordic Countries
• 3 Changes in the Development of Crime Control in the Nordic Countries
• 4 The Connection between Crime and Crime Control: Conclusions
• Modern Patterns of Crime and Control in the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1 The Welfare-State-Thesis
• 2 Development of Crime and Control in the FRG from 1950 to 1987
• 2.1 Development of Crime
• 2.1.5 Summary
• 2.2 The Development of Social Control
• 3. Development Trends
• The Development of Delinquency and Criminal Justice in Japan
• 1 Criminal Trends in Japan
• 1.1 Penal Code Offences
• 1.2 Major Penal Code Offences
• 1.3 Offences against Special Laws
• 2 Trends in certain Offences and Offenders
• 2.1 Drug Offences
• 2.2 Bo-ryo-ku-dan Offenders (Offenders composing or associated with Bo-ryo-ku-dan)
• 2.3 Mentally Disordered Offenders
• 2.4 Offences by Terrorist Groups
• 2.5 Aged Offenders
• 2.6 Female Offenders
• 2.7 Juvenile Delinquency
• 3 The Penal System and Prison as a “Crime Control” in Japan
• 4 The Objectives and the Reality of Treatment in Penal Institutions
• 5 Reasons for a Low Incidence of Crime in Japan
• The Development of American Crime: A Comparative Perspective
• 1 The Development of Social Factors Influencing American Crime
• 2 The Dynamics of Crime
• 3 The Response to Crime
• 4 Discussion
• Part II Crime and Control in Developing Nations
• Crime and Control in Venezuela
• 1 The Crime Problem in Venezuela
• 1.1 Predatory Crime
• 1.2 Corruption
• 1.3 Drug Trafficking and Drug Use
• 2 Crime Control in Venezuela
• 2.1 A General Perspective
• 2.2 Responding to Crises
• 3 Conclusion
• Crime and Control in the English-Speaking Caribbean: A Comparative Study of Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago and Barbados 1960–1980
• 1 Development in Criminality over Two Decades 1960–1980
• 1.1 Total Crimes Reported
• 1.2 Crimes against Property
• 1.3 Crimes against the Person
• 2 Trends in Law Enforcement and Crime
• 3 Sentencing Practices and Crime
• 4 The Jamaican Problem
• Crime and Control in Nigeria
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Crime Trends in Nigeria
• 3 Juvenile Delinquency and Some Specific Types of Criminality
• 3.1 Juvenile Delinquency
• 3.2 Female Criminality
• 3.3 Drug Offences
• 3.4 Corporate Offences
• 3.5 Offences Related to Insurance Companies
• 3.6 Frauds Connected With Banks
• 4 Crime Prevention and Control
• 5 Crime Control
• 6 The Criminal Justice System
• 6.1 The Police
• 6.2 The Judiciary
• 6.3 The Prison
• 7 Conclusion
• Crime and Control in Comparative Perspective: The Case of India
• 1 Introductory Remarks
• 2 Crime Trends and Crime Patterns
• 2.1 Official Crime Statistics
• 2.2 Crime in India: Trends and Patterns
• 3 The Indian Scene: An Analysis
• 4 Crime and Punishment: An Indian Perspective
• 4.1 Penal Options
• 4.2 Female Offenders and Victims
• 4.3 Crime and Social Injustice
• 4.4 Capital Punishment
• 4.5 Challenge of Economic Crimes
• 4.6 Corporate Criminal Responsibility
• 5 Policing Society
• 6 Conclusion
• Part III Crime and Control in Socialist Nations
• Delinquency and the Development of Penal Sanctions in the German Democratic Republic
• 1 The Dynamics of Crime and Control
• 2 The Structural Problem of Criminality
• 3 Control Strategies
• Crime Control and Crime Policy in Hungary
• 1 Introductory Thoughts
• 2 Hungarian Criminal Policy in the 1980s
• 3 Possible Reforms
• Crime and Control in China
• 1 The Basic Situation of Crime After the Foundation of the People’s Republic of China
• 1.1 1949–1956
• 1.2 1957–1965
• 1.3 1966–1976
• 1.4 1977–1989
• 2 Prevention and Control of Crime in China
• 2.1 Reforming and Rehabilitating Criminals Through Labour
• 2.2 The Prevention of Law Violation and Crime Commission is a Central Component of the Crime Control Strategy
• 2.3 Organizing the Masses to Help and Educate the Juvenile Delinquents
• 3 Strengthening the Construction of Spiritual Civilization, Educating the People for Political Thought, Morality and Legal System, Enhancing the People’s Quality and Cultivating the Good Moral Look of the Society
• Part IV The Interpretative Turn: A Second Look
• Power, Individualism and the Sanctity of Human Life: Development of Criminality and Punishment in Four Cultures
• 1 Development of Criminality and Punishment in Four Cultures
• 2 Structural Properties of Modernity: The Levelling-Out of Power, Individualisation and the Sanctity of Life
• 2.1 Trend to the Levelling-Out of Power
• 2.2 The Trend to Individualisation
• 2.3 The Trend of Valuation of Sanctity of Human Life
• 3 Conclusions
• Abbreviations
• Notes on Contributors
• Index