The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Praise for The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Why Does Japan Retain Capital Punishment?
- Abstract
- The Puzzle of Japanese Retention
- The Politics of Japanese Retention
- Does the Death Penalty Deter Homicide in Japan?
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Is Death Different? Two Ways Law Can Fail
- Abstract
- Is Japan Careful About Capital Punishment?
- "Death Is Different" in the United States
- Death Is Not Different in Japan
- Two Ways Law Can Fail
- Chapter 3 When the State Kills in Secret
- Abstract
- Occupation Truths
- Hanging on Trial
- Problems and Paradoxes
- Chapter 4 Wrongful Convictions and the Culture of Denial
- Abstract
- Wrongful Convictions in America and Europe
- Wrongful Convictions in Japan
- Structural Reforms
- A Culture of Denial
- Toxic to Justice
- Chapter 5 Capital Punishment and Lay Participation
- Abstract
- A Stone into the Pond?
- Dogs That Do Not Bark
- Victims and the Myth of Closure
- Victims and the Culture of Vengeance
- Entrenchment or Change?
- Chapter 6 The Death Penalty and Democracy
- Abstract
- On Public Opinion and Capital Punishment
- Two Qualifications
- On Democracy
- The Japanese Military and State Killing
- Imagining Abolition
- Life After Death
- Index.