The culture of capital punishment in Japan / David T. Johnson.
2020
HV8699.J3
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Concurrent users
Unlimited
Authorized users
Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied
Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks
Details
Title
The culture of capital punishment in Japan / David T. Johnson.
Uniform Title
Amerikajin no mita nihon no shikei. English
ISBN
9783030320867 (electronic book)
3030320863 (electronic book)
3030320863 (electronic book)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 125 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-32 doi
Call Number
HV8699.J3
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.660952
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2019).
Series
Palgrave advances in criminology and criminal justice in Asia.
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of 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.
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.