| Description |
xii, 248 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface and Acknowledgements -- Japan Quo Vadis? -- Reacting to and Tackling Social Problems: Moral Panic and Perseverance -- Economic, Social and Cultural Changes 1990-2005 -- Crime in Japan 1990 Mid-2000s -- The Authoritative Interpretation of the Crime Situation -- Social Withdrawal? Self Destruction and Social Phobia in Modern Day Japan -- Depression of Mind Through Suppression of Crime? -- References |
| Summary |
Is Japan still an inclusive society characterised by nurturant acceptance? What happens to a Confucian culture like Japan during economic depression? Based on available statistics, public documents, research and media reports, this book aims at answering these questions. In this book, Dag Leonardsen maintains that even though crime has been increasing in Japan during the last ten to fifteen years, a more worrying development concerns suicide and social withdrawal (hikikomori). Japanese society seems to be reacting to increasing social problems partly by 'blaming the victim' (criminal justice policy) and partly by 'ignoring the victim' (regarding suicide and social withdrawal). Even though Japan still could be described as a low-crime society, social problems remain. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Crime -- Japan.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008001967
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| LC no. |
2010002700 |
| ISBN |
9780230235540 (hbk.) |
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