Foreign Labores and a Theory of Security (<Symposium>"Sefety" of Japan's Society and Criminological Study)

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  • 外国人労働者と安全論 (<特集>非行・犯罪研究と日本社会の"安全性")
  • 外国人労働者と安全論--犯罪防止論における視座組替えへの一つの提案
  • ガイコクジン ロウドウシャ ト アンゼンロン ハンザイ ボウシロン ニ オケル
  • 犯罪防止論における視座組替えへの一つの提案
  • Proposing a recognition of the focus of theories of crime prevention

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At present, Japan experience a remarkable influx of foreign laborers. They are by now, clearly an essential part of the Japanese economic structure. On the one hand, crimes both in which a foreign laborer is an offender and those in which he or she is a victim are rapidly increasing. In this paper, the estimation of the foreign laborer population in Japan at present and in the future will be made along with the estimation of trends in criminal offenses committed by the laborers. Furthermore, bearing in mind the key concept of "security", ideal methods of the prevention of crime by foreign laborers will be discussed. In 1985, the foreign laborer population in Japan was estimated to be approximately 270,000 persons. Meanwhile, a figure between approximately 500,000 and 1,100,000 was estimated as the number of foregn laborers necessary to support the on-coming aging society of the country in 2005. Within this population framework, an estimate of the crimes committed by foreign laborers is between 8,052 and 17,522 of which 184 to 400 or more would be felonious offenses in 2005. The following summary can be obtained from the discussion: (1) Considering the inevitable arrival of an aging society, the labor of foreigners is necessity. Thus, it is inevitable that we allow this labor to be brought into Japan ; (2) However, due to such a mass influx of foreign laborers, it is predicted that "crime" will emerge as a serious problem both from a quantitative and a qualitative points of view. Given this situation, "security management" as a basic starategy for dealing with the problem of crime, mainly related to foreign laborers, is being stressed. More specifically, the essence of this perspective of security management is to achieve the following four goals: (1) To prevent crimes which must not occur. (2) To prevent crimes from occuring in places where they must not occur. (3) To prevent victimization of persons who should not fall prey to crimes. (4) To establish "measures to insure the relation or recovery from such victimization" in unfortunate cases where the above-mentioned crimes which "must not occur" do occur. Such measures should be systematized and become a part of the conscience of citizens.

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