Minoru Yokoyama
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Minoru Yokoyama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Minoru |
| FAMILY NAME | Yokoyama |
| SIGNATURE | YOKOYAMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kokugakuin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3027-7591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measures Against Human Trafficking in Japan
In the early 1980s, Japan began to witness the human trafficking of females into the country from neighboring Asian countries; however, Japan's government did not take sufficient measures against human trafficking. Since 2000, the United States has actively moved to combat human trafficking, and Japan did not fare well in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. According to the 2004 report, Japan was ranked as a Tier 2 Watch List country. That …
Analysis of the crimes by foreigners in Japan
In Japan, the crimes committed by foreigners have not historically been considered a primary social problem prior to the 1980s. In the decade of the 1980s, many foreigners entered Japan in hopes of making a substantial amount of money. With the increase in the total number of new alien entrants, the crimes by foreigners gradually increased. However, all of the publicity focused on the country's economic prosperity and little attention was drawn t…
Analysis of prostitution in Japan
Before World War II, we witnessed the purification movement, on which Christian groups embarked as moral entrepreneurs. After the war, female groups took the initiative in a movement for anti‐prostitution law. The movement resulted in the enactment of the Prostitution Prevention Law in 1956, which made prostitution a punishable criminal offense. On the other hand, in the United States in the 1960s, some criminologists advocated the necessity of d…
Emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law In Japan—Analysis from Sociology of Criminal Law
In analyzing the process of creating criminal law, Howard Becker pointed out elements such as moral entrepreneurs, availability to the mass media, and political maneuvering. In this article the author analyses how these elements are seen in the emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law in Japan. According to historical documents Christian groups worked as moral crusaders in the purification movement before World War II. But after the war secular groups,…
Criminalization Against Traffic Offenders in Japan
Japan experienced rapid motorization, which was followed by an increase of traffic accidents. However, the increase was suppressed around 1970. Criminalization against traffic offenders may have contributed to it. The process of criminalization may be instructive to other countries suffering from an increase of traffic accidents. But in Japan we should realize the limit of criminalization and check further criminalization
Spectral Response Pattern of Erg Recorded with Scanning Method in Congenital Colour Defectives
Delinquency Control Programs in the Community in Japan
(Editor's Note) This paper examines the various means by which the Japanese, and especially the residents of Kawasaki, work to prevent juvenile delinquency. Through a combination of activities that involve the neighborhood, the school, the Juvenile Guidance Center, the police and through special delinquency control programs juveniles are guided away from delinquency. Professor Yokoyama personally presented this paper during the special seminar wh…
Delinquency Control Programs in the Community in Japan
(Editor's Note) This paper examines the various means by which the Japanese, and especially the residents of Kawasaki, work to prevent juvenile delinquency. Through a combination of activities that involve the neighborhood, the school, the Juvenile Guidance Center, the police and through special delinquency control programs juveniles are guided away from delinquency. Professor Yokoyama personally presented this paper during the special seminar wh…
Analysis of prostitution in Japan
Before World War II, we witnessed the purification movement, on which Christian groups embarked as moral entrepreneurs. After the war, female groups took the initiative in a movement for anti‐prostitution law. The movement resulted in the enactment of the Prostitution Prevention Law in 1956, which made prostitution a punishable criminal offense. On the other hand, in the United States in the 1960s, some criminologists advocated the necessity of d…
Emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law In Japan—Analysis from Sociology of Criminal Law
In analyzing the process of creating criminal law, Howard Becker pointed out elements such as moral entrepreneurs, availability to the mass media, and political maneuvering. In this article the author analyses how these elements are seen in the emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law in Japan. According to historical documents Christian groups worked as moral crusaders in the purification movement before World War II. But after the war secular groups,…
Criminalization Against Traffic Offenders in Japan
Japan experienced rapid motorization, which was followed by an increase of traffic accidents. However, the increase was suppressed around 1970. Criminalization against traffic offenders may have contributed to it. The process of criminalization may be instructive to other countries suffering from an increase of traffic accidents. But in Japan we should realize the limit of criminalization and check further criminalization
Delinquency Control Programs in the Community in Japan
(Editor's Note) This paper examines the various means by which the Japanese, and especially the residents of Kawasaki, work to prevent juvenile delinquency. Through a combination of activities that involve the neighborhood, the school, the Juvenile Guidance Center, the police and through special delinquency control programs juveniles are guided away from delinquency. Professor Yokoyama personally presented this paper during the special seminar wh…
Spectral Response Pattern of Erg Recorded with Scanning Method in Congenital Colour Defectives
Criminalization Against Traffic Offenders in Japan
Japan experienced rapid motorization, which was followed by an increase of traffic accidents. However, the increase was suppressed around 1970. Criminalization against traffic offenders may have contributed to it. The process of criminalization may be instructive to other countries suffering from an increase of traffic accidents. But in Japan we should realize the limit of criminalization and check further criminalization
Emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law In Japan—Analysis from Sociology of Criminal Law
In analyzing the process of creating criminal law, Howard Becker pointed out elements such as moral entrepreneurs, availability to the mass media, and political maneuvering. In this article the author analyses how these elements are seen in the emergence of Anti-Prostitution Law in Japan. According to historical documents Christian groups worked as moral crusaders in the purification movement before World War II. But after the war secular groups,…
Analysis of prostitution in Japan
Before World War II, we witnessed the purification movement, on which Christian groups embarked as moral entrepreneurs. After the war, female groups took the initiative in a movement for anti‐prostitution law. The movement resulted in the enactment of the Prostitution Prevention Law in 1956, which made prostitution a punishable criminal offense. On the other hand, in the United States in the 1960s, some criminologists advocated the necessity of d…
Analysis of the crimes by foreigners in Japan
In Japan, the crimes committed by foreigners have not historically been considered a primary social problem prior to the 1980s. In the decade of the 1980s, many foreigners entered Japan in hopes of making a substantial amount of money. With the increase in the total number of new alien entrants, the crimes by foreigners gradually increased. However, all of the publicity focused on the country's economic prosperity and little attention was drawn t…
Measures Against Human Trafficking in Japan
In the early 1980s, Japan began to witness the human trafficking of females into the country from neighboring Asian countries; however, Japan's government did not take sufficient measures against human trafficking. Since 2000, the United States has actively moved to combat human trafficking, and Japan did not fare well in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. According to the 2004 report, Japan was ranked as a Tier 2 Watch List country. That …
Sociology (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Politics (2 works)