RT Article T1 Delinquency and shame. Data from Hong Kong JF The British journal of criminology VO 38 IS 2 SP 247 OP 264 A1 Vagg, Jon LA English YR 1998 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640121625 AB Braithwaite's concept of reintegrative shaming' has become widely accepted within criminology, though there exist few clear views of how it can be accomplished in practice. Braithwaite's primary example of a culture in which reintegrative shaming takes place is Japan. This study uses data from several sources relating to Hong Kong, which parallels Japan in that attitudes and beliefs that may promote reintegrative shaming are widespread. It argues that in Hong Kong, shaming is nonetheless not regarded as privileged over the assertion or acceptance of guilt, and that methods of disintegrative shaming' are in fact common. This opens the way for a broader discussion of the conditions under which shame induction and guilt induction processes are likely to produce lower crime rates in the way that Braithwaite has proposed K1 Jugendliche K1 Asiatische Kultur K1 Kriminalitätskontrolle K1 Kriminalprävention K1 Täterbefragungen K1 Hongkong K1 Kommunitarismus K1 Restorative Justice K1 Shaming K1 Schamkulturen K1 Gesichtsverlust K1 Verbrechensfolge K1 Jugendstrafrecht