TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing Public Safety and Crime Indicators in Taiwan
AU - Hebenton, Bill
AU - Jou, Susyan
AU - Chang, Yao-Chung (Lennon)
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Many countries and international organisations (for example, the USA, England and Wales, Japan, the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) have developed measures of public safety and measures of the effectiveness of criminal justice agencies. This paper briefly considers the background to such comparative developments and relates these to the specific contextual conditions of Taiwan. We report the results of a study which reviewed the state of empirical indicator availability in Taiwan and sought to develop an indicator framework for those charged with the governmental task of 'public safety'. The paper concludes by considering how such a framework can be implemented in Taiwan.
AB - Many countries and international organisations (for example, the USA, England and Wales, Japan, the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) have developed measures of public safety and measures of the effectiveness of criminal justice agencies. This paper briefly considers the background to such comparative developments and relates these to the specific contextual conditions of Taiwan. We report the results of a study which reviewed the state of empirical indicator availability in Taiwan and sought to develop an indicator framework for those charged with the governmental task of 'public safety'. The paper concludes by considering how such a framework can be implemented in Taiwan.
U2 - 10.1007/s11417-009-9081-8
DO - 10.1007/s11417-009-9081-8
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 45
EP - 67
JO - Asian Journal of Criminology
JF - Asian Journal of Criminology
SN - 1871-0131
IS - 1
ER -