| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 125 pages) |
| Series |
Palgrave advances in criminology and criminal justice in Asia |
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Palgrave advances in criminology and criminal justice in Asia.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 that retains capital punishment and continue to carry out executions on a regular basis. There are some similarities between the two systems of capital punishment but there are also many striking differences which are explored within this study. These include differences in capital jurisprudence, execution method, the nature and extent of secrecy surrounding death penalty deliberations and executions, institutional capacities to prevent and discover wrongful convictions, orientations to lay participation and to victim participation, and orientations to "democracy" and governance. Johnson also examines and explores several fundamental issues about the ultimate criminal penalty, such as whether is death different from other criminal sanctions, what is the proper role of citizen preferences in governing a system of punishment and why do the feelings of victims and survivors matter? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2019) |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- Japan
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Capital punishment
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030320867 |
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3030320863 |
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