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1 Asian J. Criminology 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/asjrcrm1 and id is 1 raw text is: Asian Criminology (2006) 1: 1-7 DOI 10.1007/s11417-006-9010-z Crime and Security in Asia: Diversity and Development Roderic Broadhurst Accepted: 26 June 2006 / Published online: 1 September 2006 0 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2006 Abstract The Asian Journal of Criminology aims to advance the study of criminology and criminal justice in Asia, to promote evidence-based public policy in crime prevention and to promote comparative studies about crime and criminal justice. Asia's cultural and legal diversity are discussed in the light of the variations in rates of crime, imprisonment and victimisation. Fostering a criminological community in Asia will contribute to improve- ments in the provision of mutual legal assistance that is now required to combat trans- national crime. Keywords Asia - Crime and criminal justice - Comparative research - Cross-national rates of imprisonment - Victimisation survey - Death penalty 1 Introduction In the past century the world's economy evolved to a truly global scale. The developing countries of Asia have become the crucial engine to global economic growth. The post-war economic performance of Japan and, later, the four little dragons Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore now appear to be mere entrees to the immense impact now felt as a result of China's and India's emergence as major trading markets. These two popu- lation giants have returned to their past economic and cultural prominence and have profoundly transformed their standing in the West. In Asia and elsewhere the interdependence of nation states has never been greater, and the eternal quest for security, both domestically and externally, remains as pressing as ever. The need to understand the operation of different criminal justice systems is also now more R. Broadhurst (E) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia e-mail: r.broadhurst@qut.edu.au R. Broadhurst University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China e Springer

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