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"Crime and Punishment in Japan: From Re-integrative Shaming to Popular Punitivism"

By Douglas A. Berman

Thie title of this post is the title of this interesting piece from The Asian-Pacific Journal, which describes notable developments in criminal justice trends in Japan.  Here is how the piece begins and ends: Since the Second World War, Japan has avoided the correlation between rising crime and increased affluence that has afflicted other comparable advanced democratic economies.  This has prompted other countries to investigate to famous koban ?community policing? principle and to look at notions of re-integrative shaming, which were seen as prevalent in dealing with Japanese offenders.  However, since the late 1990s, the Japanese press and public have lost confidence in their public safety and the effectiveness of the criminal justice system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 21, 2009 (boomark / email).