Crime prevention in Japan orchestration, representation and impact of a volunteering boom

Herber, Erik

doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2018.03.005

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“…In Japan, crime prevention volunteering is an indispensable part of neighborhood self-governance, and individual participation means the inclusion in a bigger network of people being active in the neighborhood (Herber 2018 ). However, it is generally true that NHAs and CPVs are becoming less active due to the aging of existing members and the non-enrollment of young households.…”

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“…In addition, the Ward deploys 11 blue-light patrol cars for the use of citizen volunteers. While the impact of citizens’ activities on crime is difficult to assess, these activities provide opportunities for increased social interaction and social capital (Herber 2014 , 2018 ).…”

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“…Since the mid-1990s, NPA has advocated greater local community involvement to prevent crime and has pursued the building of social capital as a crime prevention strategy, recognizing that the police could not solve the crime problem alone (Leonardsen 2006 ). Traditionally, neighborhood associations (NHAs), which collectively conduct a range of activities such as cleaning the neighborhood and holding events and festivals based on social capital, play a role in crime prevention and promote a sense of security and familiarity (van Houwelingen 2012 ; Herber 2018 ). In this context, following increasing opportunities for voluntary crime prevention activities, in December 2004 the police started to issue a license to volunteers who patrolled areas with a car equipped with a blue-light (police cars are equipped with a red light in Japan).…”

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A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward

Hino

Chronopoulos

2021

Crime Prev Community Saf

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There have been limited reports on crime prevention policies by local governments in Japan, which is one of the safest countries in the world. This article reviews crime prevention policies in Adachi Ward, which used to have the highest crime rates in Tokyo. The government of Adachi Ward introduced the “Beautiful Windows Movement” (BWM) in 2008. Based on BWM, Adachi Ward implemented various programs and interventions based on two different aspects: the aspect of preventing minor crimes and disorder in partnership with the police referring to the Broken Windows Theory and the aspect of literally making the Ward beautiful in cooperation with citizen volunteers. After 11 years of implementing BWM, the number of recorded crimes in Adachi Ward declined the most in Tokyo and residents’ sense of security improved significantly. This case study highlights the advantage of the duality of BWM to both reduce crimes and improve residents’ sense of security.

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A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward

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Chronopoulos

2021

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“…The experience of volunteering in some countries is considered to be very successful. For example, experts say that "over the past 13 years, Japan has experienced a boom in voluntary activities aimed at preventing crime; about 3,000,000 Japanese citizens have participated in volunteer activities for this purpose" [17].…”

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Prevention of recidivism: experience and innovations

2021

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The state of recidivism indicates that the theoretical, legislative and law enforcement issues of its prevention is still relevant. There are different levels and directions of this warning. When developing and implementing appropriate measures, it is necessary to consider the current situation and existing opportunities in a particular state, the positive experience accumulated in it, the practices implemented in other countries, as well as the prospects for development. This study was conducted to reveal the opinions of convicts and employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia on certain issues of preventing recidivism, as well as to develop proposals for improving measures aimed at this prevention, with regard to the state of recidivism. The study analyzed and summarized official statistical data, conducted a questionnaire survey of convicts and employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, studied the experience of other countries in the sphere of the penitentiary and post-penitentiary impact on convicts, and studied the results of studies conducted by other authors. The work presents the results of the analysis and synthesis of statistical data on recidivism over a long period, as well as the data of the author’s survey, and articulates specific proposals for changing existing and new developing measures to prevent recidivism.

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“…Substance of Shehia crime prevention programs have always been a subject of debate among scholars such as sociologist, psychology, social workers, economists, lawyers, planner, criminology and penology. The interests of debate centered on the local government crime prevention program capabilities on reducing crime in respective areas (Crawford & Evans, 2017;Schaefer & Mazerolle, 2018;Herber, 2018). Scholars such as Schaefer and Mazerolle, 2018;Mussa, 2019 andBoddupalli andRueben, 2021) believed that local government administrative units take giant crime prevention responsibility since they have the duty to plan and implement crime prevention activities in their respective areas.…”

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Strategies used for Crime Prevention in Urban District, Zanzibar

Mussa

2023

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The study sought to establish strategies used for crime prevention in Urban District, Zanzibar using the descriptive study design. Data was collected from 83 respondents using a questionnaire. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics. The study concludes that the Urban District utilized improvement of information literacy level to community members, placement of central camera televisions at frequently visited areas, supporting community patrol officers with amounts of money to buy patrol equipment, private security guards for crime prevention and provision of certificates to recognize community members’ participation as crime prevention strategies. However, the study area did not use cleaning, festivals and sports, volunteering to patrol at crime spot area and mobile telephones for members to guard each other as crime prevention strategies. It is therefore recommended that the study area should make use of such strategies as conducting cleaning, festivals and sports, volunteering to patrol at crime spot area and mobile telephones for guarding each other to supplement the currently used strategies so as to strengthen the security in the study area.

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Crime prevention in Japan orchestration, representation and impact of a volunteering boom

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward

A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward

Prevention of recidivism: experience and innovations

Strategies used for Crime Prevention in Urban District, Zanzibar

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