Crime and justice in Japan and China
Subtitle: a comparative view
By: L. Craig Parker
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781611630862
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Crime
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crime in japan; title: Japanese historical and legal background; title: The role of Japanese police; title: The investigation of crime, prosecution, and the courts in Japan; title: Corrections, probation, parole, and juvenile offenders in japan; title: Social problems in Japan: alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, suicide, homelessness, and joblessness; title: Chinese historical, political, and legal background; title: The criminal justice system in China; title: Policing, state security, reform through labor, and drug trafficking in China; title: High-profile cases and the role of defense lawyers in China; title: Human rights, forced psychiatric hospitalizations, and the dean penalty in China; title: Market forces, social unrest, pollution, and health-care problems in China; title: Conclusion: Japan and China going forward.