When West Meets East: Generalizing Theory and Expanding the Conceptual Toolkit of CriminologyAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 10 - Trang 117-129 - 2014
Steven F. Messner
This paper considers the ways in which established criminological theories born
and nurtured in the West might need to be transformed to be applicable to the
context of East Asian societies. The analyses focus on two theoretical
perspectives—Situational Action Theory and Institutional Anomie Theory—that are
located at opposite ends of the continuum with respect to levels of analysis. I
argue that ... hiện toàn bộ
Support Trafficking Victims through Inter-Agency Cooperation in Vietnam: Achievements and LimitationsAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 15 - Trang 321-344 - 2020
Thanh Hung Tran, Tien Hoang Le, Thi Phuong Diep Tran
In Vietnam, hundreds of trafficked persons are officially identified and
returned to Vietnamese society each year. There are also a large number of
self-returned victims who have not been identified. Because of the devastating
impact of human trafficking, victims need special care from communities and
government agencies to support their recovery. The Vietnamese government has
applied a wide range... hiện toàn bộ
Family Conferencing for Juvenile Offenders: A Singaporean Case Study in Restorative JusticeAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 8 - Trang 1-23 - 2012
Wing-Cheong Chan
Restorative justice has been or is being adopted in many parts of the world,
including countries in Asia. In the case of Singapore, restorative justice was
adopted by the court system in 1997 as its guiding philosophy in its approach
towards juvenile offenders. This article traces the adoption of restorative
justice by the Juvenile Court in Singapore and the use of family conferencing in
the light... hiện toàn bộ
Predicting Police Integrity: An Application of Support Vector Machines (SVM) to the Police Integrity InstrumentAsian Journal of Criminology - - Trang 1-25 - 2024
David A. Makin, Guangzhen Wu, Matthew Broussard, Bala Krishnamoorthy
Research using the 11-scenario police integrity instrument designed by Klockars
et al. document a range of factors influencing the willingness to report a
fellow officer for police crime and police misconduct. A consistent quandary
within this scholarship is that while some findings are consistent, when
disaggregated by scenario type, there are wide variations obscuring patterns
that may allow for... hiện toàn bộ
The Past, Present, and Future of Restorative Justice in the Chinese Mainland: A Systematic Review of Chinese LiteratureAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 18 - Trang 89-112 - 2023
Zongxian Wu, Sishi Wu
In the Chinese mainland, restorative justice is closely related to “people’s
mediation” and “victim-offender reconciliation.” These two terms reflect the
content of restorative justice from different perspectives. Restorative justice
was first introduced to the Chinese mainland in 2002, followed by some
preliminary research. In-depth evaluation was conducted, and restorative justice
later caught h... hiện toàn bộ