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Crime and its Control in Japan and in the Federal Republic of Germany

Department of Criminology, University of Westfalia, 24/25 Bispinghof, D-4400 Munster, Federal Republic of Germany

Recent crime figures show that Germany holds a middle position between the USA and Japan. With the exception of organized crime, which has a centuries-long tradition in Japan, the numbers of all other types of crime are markedly lower in Japan than in Western industrialized societies. The reasons for this are found in the different societal structures: In Japan a high group consciousness and feeling of mutual obligation prevails and manifests itself in the population's strong support of the criminal justice system. These findings correspond with research that found that community sense and voluntary informal social control are the keys to a low crime figure. Community and society must be brought closer together to reach this goal.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 36, No. 4, 307-321 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9203600405


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