Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Studies of the police in Japan and elsewhere; The Japanese police and the American Occupation; The Occupation structure; Police and society; Methodology and sources; Foundations; A national police organization; Wide-ranging police powers; The police ethos; Police methods; Thought control; Wartime and the neighbourhood associations; The Kenpei; The Consequences of defeat; United States policies; The health of the police institution; Economic conditions
Summary
This study focuses on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). Drawing on primary sources Aldous explores the Occupation's programme of 'democratization' and its legacy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index
