Voice of Crime Victims Change our Society
Child International Perspectives on Causes and Responses

Edited by John P. J. Dussich, Hidemichi Morosawa, and Nobuho Tomita

2007, Tokyo: Seibundo Publishing Co., Ltd.
ISBN 4-7923-9167-6 Price 1,500yen

Contents

Day 1st: Voices of Crime Victims Change our Society

Keynote Speech

Irvin Waller, “The UN’s Efforts and the Basic Act on Crime Victims, etc.”

Panelists’ Presentation

1. Ryohei Hayashi, “Crime Victim’s Movement towards the Establishment of Victim Rights”
2. Shizue Takahashi, “How to Implement the Basic Act on Crime Victims, etc. for the Improvement of the Compensation System for Crime Victims”
3. Hiroko Sumita, “Legislation of Laws for Victims: From the Perspectives of Female Victims of Domestic Violence”
4. Nobuho Tomita, “Realization of Victim Rights: Steps from the Declaration to Positive Law”
5. Irvin Waller, “Victims Rights and Institutional Accountability”

Day 2nd: Child Abuse: International Perspectives on Causes and Responses

Keynote Speech

Rudd Bullens, “Physical Abuse and Its Consequences”
Shigehiro Takahashi, “The Social Response to Child Abuse in Japan”

Panelists’ Presentation

Murray A. Straus, “Neglect as Abuse: International Findings”

Gerd F. Kirchhoff, “How to Protect Child Victims and Society Against Child Beating and Recidivist Child Sex Offenders”

Kyoko Fujino, “The Current Situation of Child Abuse in Japan”

Irvin Waller, “Child Victims and Child Witnesses of Crime”