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The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan

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This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few developed democracies in the world which retains capital punishment and continues to carry out executions on a regular basis. There are some sim...

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Autore principale: Johnson, David T. (Autore)
Ente Autore: SpringerLink (Online service)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2020.
Edizione:1st ed. 2020.
Serie:Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia,
Soggetti:
Criminology.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Human rights.
Victims of crimes.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Asian Criminology.
Prison and Punishment.
Human Rights.
Victimology.
Crime and Society.
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Sommario:
  • 1. Why Does Japan Retain Capital Punishment?
  • 2.Is Death Different? Two Ways Law Can Fail
  • 3. When the State Kills in Secret
  • 4. Wrongful Convictions and the Culture of Denial in Japan
  • 5. Capital Punishment and Lay Participation in Japan
  • 6. The Death Penalty and Democracy.

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