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Author Sato, Mai, author

Title The death penalty in Japan : Will the public tolerate abolition? / Mai Sato
Published Wiesbaden : SpringerVS, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Springer VS research
Research (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Contents Vox populi, vox dei? -- Public attitudes towards death penalty -- The undecided public -- Effect of information on attitudes -- Changes in attitudes -- Policy implications
Summary Mai Sato examines public attitudes to the death penalty in Japan, focusing on knowledge and attitudinal factors relating to support for, and opposition to, the death penalty. She uses a mixed-method approach and mounts quantitative and qualitative surveys to assess Japanese death penalty attitudes. The authors main findings show that death penalty attitudes are not fixed but fluid. Information has a significant impact on reducing support for the death penalty while retributive attitudes are associated with support. This book offers a new conceptual framework in understanding the death penalty without relying on the usual human rights approach, which can be widely applied not just to Japan but to other retentionist countries. Contents Public Attitudes towards the Death Penalty Critical Examination of the Japanese Government Survey Experimental Survey Examining the Impact of Information on Support for the Death Penalty Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of sociology, law, political sciences, criminology, socio-legal studies, Japan studies and Asian studies NGOs, policymakers, civil society
Notes Ph. D. King's College 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 7, 2013)
Subject Capital punishment -- Japan -- Public opinion
Public opinion -- Japan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Capital punishment -- Public opinion
Public opinion
Japan
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783658006785
3658006781