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Life Sciences
Reports outline life sciences research from Aoyama Gakuin University
March 29th, 2008
"The purpose of this article is (1) to establish that increasing punitiveness characterizes criminal justice policies in Japan and (2) to explain this trend in terms of the penal populism promoted by crime victims and supporting politicians. This article first examines newspaper articles to illuminate the increasingly punitive character of recent criminal justice policies in Japan in terms of both legislation and judicial decisions," scientists in Tokyo, Japan report. "The next section discusses the main contributing factors behind this trend and its public acceptance. The next two sections discuss two related issues: the public's subjective sense of security, and the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-29)
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