The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan.

• Superior document: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia Series
• Author: Johnson, David T.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; Ã2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (139 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Why Does Japan Retain Capital Punishment? -- Abstract -- The Puzzle of Japanese Retention -- The Politics of Japanese Retention -- Does the Death Penalty Deter Homicide in Japan? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Is Death Different? Two Ways Law Can Fail -- Abstract -- Is Japan Careful About Capital Punishment? -- "Death Is Different" in the United States -- Death Is Not Different in Japan -- Two Ways Law Can Fail -- Chapter 3 When the State Kills in Secret -- Abstract -- Occupation Truths -- Hanging on Trial -- Problems and Paradoxes -- Chapter 4 Wrongful Convictions and the Culture of Denial -- Abstract -- Wrongful Convictions in America and Europe -- Wrongful Convictions in Japan -- Structural Reforms -- A Culture of Denial -- Toxic to Justice -- Chapter 5 Capital Punishment and Lay Participation -- Abstract -- A Stone into the Pond? -- Dogs That Do Not Bark -- Victims and the Myth of Closure -- Victims and the Culture of Vengeance -- Entrenchment or Change? -- Chapter 6 The Death Penalty and Democracy -- Abstract -- On Public Opinion and Capital Punishment -- Two Qualifications -- On Democracy -- The Japanese Military and State Killing -- Imagining Abolition -- Life After Death -- Index.