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CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL This page intentionally left blank CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL A GLOBAL VIEW Edited by Gregg Barak A World View of Social Issues Andrew L. Cherry, Series Adviser Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crime and crime control : a global view / edited by Gregg Barak. p. cm.—(A world view of social issues, ISSN 1526-9442) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-30681-8 (alk. paper) 1. Crime prevention—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Criminology—Cross-cultural studies. I. Barak, Gregg. II. Series. HV7431.C686 2000 364.4—dc21 99-049044 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2000 by Gregg Barak All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-049044 ISBN: 0-313-30681-8 ISSN: 1526-9442 First published in 2000 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Series Foreword Andrew L. Cherry vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: A Comparative Perspective on Crime and Crime Control Greg£j Barak xi 1 BRAZIL (Developing Nation-State) Emilio E. Dellasoppa 1 2 CHINA (Developing Nation-State) Mark S. Gaylord 13 3 GERMANY (Developed Nation-State) Hans-Joerg Albrecht and Raymond Teske 29 4 GHANA (Posttraditional Nation-State) Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe and Chris Abotchie 49 5 INDIA (Developing Nation-State) S. George Vineentnathan 65 vi CONTENTS 6 IRAN (Developing Nation-State) Hamid R. Kusha 83 7 NAVAJO NATION (Posttraditional Nation-State) Jon'a F. Meyer and James Zion 103 8 NETHERLANDS (Developed Nation-State) Henk van de Bunt and Ineke Haen Marshall 117 9 NEW ZEALAND (Developed Nation-State) George Pavlieh 133 10 NIGERIA (Posttraditional Nation-State) Obi N. Ignatius Ebbe 147 11 POLAND (Developing Nation-State) Wojcieeh Cebulak and Emil Plywaczewski 163 12 RUSSIA (Developing Nation-State) William Alex Pridemore 177 13 TAIWAN (Developed Nation-State) Mayling Maria Chu 199 14 UNITED KINGDOM (Developed Nation-State) Nic Groombridge 219 15 UNITED STATES (Developed Nation-State) Gary Feinberg 229 Index 255 About the Editor and Contributors 261 SERIES FOREWORD Why are child abuse in the family and homelessness social conditions to be endured or at least tolerated in some countries while in other countries they are viewed as social problems that must be reduced or eliminated? What social institutions and other factors affect these behaviors? What historical, political, and social forces influence a society's response to a social condition? In many cases, individuals around the world have the same or similar hopes and problems. However, in most cases we deal with the same social conditions in very dissimilar ways. The volumes in the Greenwood series A World View of Social Issues examine different social issues and problems that are being faced by individuals and societies around the world. These volumes examine problems of poverty and homelessness, drugs a