Criminon (which means "no crime") is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of criminals by addressing why a person turns to a life of crime, largely when the criminal-to-be loses his self-respect. Criminon provides education and rehabilitation programs for inmates and ex-offenders, helping them to restore their own self-respect. By making them responsible for their actions, people involved in the Criminal Justice system can become ethical and productive citizens. Criminon utilizes the research of author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, who personally worked as a Special Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940's. Mr. Hubbard discovered that every criminal career began with a loss of self-respect - when a person can no longer trust themselves, only then did they become a real threat to society. As early as 1952, Mr. Hubbard began a criminal rehabilitation program with juvenile delinquents in London, England. After two decades of research developments, the Criminon program was born.