Crime in Japan A Psychological Perspective /

• Main Authors: Bui, Laura (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Farrington, David P. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
• Subjects: Criminology.; Law-Asia.; Juvenile delinquents.; Japan-History.; Forensic psychology.; Ethnology-Asia.; Violence.; Crime.; Asian Criminology.; Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.; History of Japan.; Forensic Psychology.; Asian Culture.; Violence and Crime.

This book examines different aspects of crime and deviance in Japan using research and theories from psychological criminology. Dominant research literature often stereotypically claims that Japan has low crime compared to Western industrialised countries because its citizens are group-oriented, its...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Culture
• 3. Life Course
• 4. Family
• 5. Youth
• 6. School
• 7. Mental Disorders
• 8. Biosocial Interactions
• 9. Conclusions.