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Preventing crime in America and Japan : a comparative study / Robert Y. Thornton, with Katsuya Endo

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • Preventing crime in America and Japan : a comparative study / Robert Y. Thornton, with Katsuya Endo
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • Armonk (N.Y.) : London : M. E. Sharpe, cop. 1992
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XI-227 p.) ; 24 cm
ISBN
  • 0-87332-788-8
  • 978-0-87332-788-6
  • 0-87332-789-6
  • 978-0-87332-789-3
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 364.409 52
Note(s)
  • Sommaire disponible à l'adresse
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. Glossaire. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • This in-depth comparative study is the product of a four-year cross-cultural examination of crime and delinquency prevention methods and strategies in America and Japan. The sister cities of Salem, Oregon, and Kawagoe, Saitama, are used as case studies. Among the topics studied are policing, citizen involvement, elementary and secondary education, the treatment of juvenile delinquency, controlling illicit drugs, and the penal and correctional systems. The significance of historical, ethnological, and cultural factors are considered in the comparison of the two societies
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