Crime prevention through community empowerment: An empirical study of social capital in Kyoto, Japan

Matsukawa, Anna; Tatsuki, Shigeo

doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2018.03.007

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“…The activities in cooperation with citizen volunteers, which enriched social capital in the neighborhood, contributed to the decrease in the number of crimes, and improved citizens’ sense of security (Matsukawa and Tatsuki 2018 ). A previous study of Tokyo’s 23 Wards found that social capital has a stronger positive association with residents’ sense of security than actual crime rates in their neighborhood (Hino et al 2018 ).…”

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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

Hino

Chronopoulos

2021

Crime Prev Community Saf

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“…(Balcioglu, 2016) Pencegahan kejahatan by neighborhood di Jepang sangat signifikan untuk memberikan rasa aman kepada masyarakat dan mencegah kejahatan jalanan dan perampokan rumahan. (Anna, 2018) Di Negara berkembang seperti Zimbabwe mengakui pula bahwa community policing (istilah yang digunakan adalah Komisi Pengawas Lingkungan /The Neighbourhood Watch Committee), sebagai langkah strategis dalam menanggulangi kejahatan, dengan memposisikan kepala Adat sebagai orang berperan penting untuk keberhasilan strategi ini. Peran yang diberikan dari perekrutan anggota Komite Pengawas Lingkungan sampai dengan mengorganisir anggota.…”

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Pemolisian Masyarakat Dan Pengamanan Swakarsa Sebagai Kebijakan Kriminal

Kuswardani

Prakosa

Kurniangsih

et al. 2021

j. Surya Kencana Satu : Dinamika Masalah huk. dan Keadilan

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Pemolisian Masyarakat dan Pengamanan Swakarsa merupakan strategi pencegahan kejahatan tanpa hukum pidana. Keduanya dilakukan dengan membangun kemitraan antara polisi dan masyarakat yang dilandasi oleh nilai-nilai kearifan lokal yang tidak bertentangan dengan hukum dan hak asasi manusia. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan perpolisian komunitas dan keamanan swakarsa dari perspektif kebijakan kriminal. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian normative, yang dilakukan melalui studi pustaka terhadap data sekunder. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pertama, community policing dan inisiatif security adalah”setali tiga uang”, dalam kerangka kerja kebijakan kriminal. Keduanya sebagai strategi untuk mewujudkan keamanan dan ketertiban umum, sehingga gangguan keamanan dan ketertiban dapat diminimalisir. Kedua, strategis itu penanggulangan kejahatan yang bersifat preventif , dengan menggunakan kekuatan masyarakat. Di sisi lain untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan masyarakat terhadap fungsi polisi. Pam Swakarsa seyogyanya tidak menjadi alat untuk membatasi kebebasan berekspresi masyarakat yang sesuai koridor, sehingga bisa menepis kekhawatiran masyarakat.

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“…Perspective Community-Based Crime Prevention common in the world community, such as in the Japanese community, this activity is very effective for preventing street crime, but not for robbery. 24 In Indonesia, this activity exists, its function is the same, as protecting the environment from crimes. However in reality, sometimes crime prevention of based communities leads to criminal acts, such as in Madura.…”

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Social Sanction: Naked Parade and Vigilantism as Legal Violation Criminal Law Perspective and Human Rights

Kuswardani

Sunaryo

2021

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Naked parade and vigilantism are social sanctions or informal sanctions imposed by the community for acts deemed contrary to the local community's norms. These sanctions include vigilante action, which breaks the law. This paper aims to explain social sanctions (naked parade) from a legal perspective, particularly studied from human rights and criminal law. The study uses a normative approach so that the data sources include legal documents, references, and journals relevant to the problem being studied. The data analysis using consists of human rights principles and criminal law. The study results show that naked parade and vigilante as social sanction contradict human rights principles (liberty, non-discrimination, dignity, humanity, and equity). This act is also a criminal act, considering that the criminal law functions to protect the legal rights of individuals, the community, and the state. There is no explicit formulation of naked parade in the Penal Code (KUHP) or regulations outside the Penal Code. It is necessary to formulate it explicitly as an act that can be punished.

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Crime prevention through community empowerment: An empirical study of social capital in Kyoto, Japan

Cited by 33 publications

References 7 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

Pemolisian Masyarakat Dan Pengamanan Swakarsa Sebagai Kebijakan Kriminal

Social Sanction: Naked Parade and Vigilantism as Legal Violation Criminal Law Perspective and Human Rights

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