The death penalty in Japan [electronic resource] : Will the public tolerate abolition? / Mai Sato.
Sato, Mai, author.
2014
HV8699.J3
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Title The death penalty in Japan [electronic resource] : Will the public tolerate abolition? / Mai Sato.
Author Sato, Mai, author.
ISBN 9783658006785 electronic book
3658006781 electronic book
9783658006778
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00678-5
Published Wiesbaden : SpringerVS, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-658-00678-5 doi
Call Number HV8699.J3
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.66
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.
Dissertation Note Ph.D. King's College 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Vox populi, vox dei?
Public attitudes towards death penalty
The undecided public
Effect of information on attitudes
Changes in attitudes
Policy implications.

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