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SOME PROBLEMS OF CRIME PREVENTION IN POLAND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOCIAL DEFENCE IN LATIN AMERICA, 9TH, 1976

NCJ Number
38073
Editor(s)
B HOLYST
Date Published
1976
Length
31 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF PAPERS PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CRIME LEVELS AND TRENDS, CRIME PREVENTION LEGISLATION, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT IN JUVENILES IN POLAND.
Abstract
COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AS THE VOLUNTARY AUXILIARY POLICE, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL HOUSING COMMITTEES, AND TRADE UNIONS. SINCE 1965 POLAND HAS ALSO HAD SOCIAL COURTS WHICH DEAL WITH CASES OF NON-CRIMINAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEREBY SERVE AS PART OF THE CRIME PREVENTION SYSTEMS. --SUMMARIES IN SPANISH