Criminalization and Prisoners in Japan: Six Contrary Cohorts

by Elmer H. Johnson and Professor Emeritus Elmer H Johnson Ph.D. B.A. M.A.

In his second book to deal with Japanese corrections, Elmer H. Johnson explores the cultural heritage and structure of the criminal justice administration that underlies Japan's reluctance to use imprisonment, which he first examined in Japanese Corrections: Managing Convicted Offenders in an Orderly Society. Here Johnson introduces the concept of criminalization, its implications, and its two versions that differentiate four of the six...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809321122
• ISBN13: 9780809321124
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"