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POLICE POLICY RESEARCH General Development of Crime Prevention Policies Lesson from Japanese Experience August 7, 2011 Conference Room 301, 3rd Floor of Kobe International Conference Center Opening address Mr. Takahiko YASUDA, Director, Police Policy Research Center, NPA Presentation “Changes in Crime Situation in Japan and Future Challenges” Prof. Osamu SAKUMA, Osaka University Law School “Community-Based Crime Prevention: Crime Opportunity Theory and Community Safety Map” Prof. Nobuo KOMIYA, Rissho University “Action Plan for the Realization of a Society Resistant to Crime 2008” Mr. Kunitaka TOMITA, Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat “Changes in Number of Criminal Offenses over Past 20 Years and Police Response” Mr. Nobuhiro KATO, Director, Crime Prevention Office, NPA Questions and Answers Panelists: Prof. Osamu SAKUMA, Osaka University Law School Prof. Nobuo KOMIYA, Rissho University Mr. Kunitaka TOMITA, Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat Mr. Nobuhiro KATO, Director, Crime Prevention Office, NPA Coordinator: Mr. Takahiko YASUDA, Director, Police Policy Research Center, NPA POLICE POLICY RESEARCH CENTER National Police Academy, Tokyo, Japan RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SAFE SOCIETY OF JAPAN Opening address Mr. Takahiko YASUDA Director, Police Policy Research Center, NPA In Japan, the number of penal code offenses known to the police climbed for seven consecutive years from 1996, reaching a postwar record of some 2.85 million in 2002. This was despite vigorous police crackdowns. As a result, the National Police Agency (NPA) formulated the Emergency Public Safety and Security Program in 2003, and has since been implementing comprehensive public safety measures, as well as pursuing joint public-private crime prevention efforts by actively involving government agencies, citizens, and others. Against this background, the Japanese Government set up the Ministerial Meeting concerning Measures against Crime, a high-level forum comprising the Prime Minister and all other cabinet members, in 2003.
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