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oapen-20.500.12657-229662024-03-22T19:23:35Z The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan Johnson, David T. Criminology Criminology Law—Asia Corrections Punishment Human rights Criminology Victimology Crime—Sociological aspects Human rights thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVP Penology and punishment thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights 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 which retains capital punishment and continues 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. 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 explores several fundamental issues about the ultimate criminal penalty, such as the proper role of citizen preferences in governing a system of punishment and the relevance of the feelings of victims and survivors.; 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T08:57:56Z 2020-04-01T08:57:56Z 2020 book 1007193 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22966 eng Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia application/pdf 1007193.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030320867 Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-32086-7 10.1007/978-3-030-32086-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 125 Cham open access
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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 which retains capital punishment and continues 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. 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 explores several fundamental issues about the ultimate criminal penalty, such as the proper role of citizen preferences in governing a system of punishment and the relevance of the feelings of victims and survivors.;
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