This book provides an overview of capital punishment in Japan in a legal, historical, social, cultural and political context. It provides new insights into the

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 deve

The major achievements of Japanese criminal justice are thus inextricably intertwined with its most notable defects, and efforts to fix the defects threaten to

Describes five theories of substance abuse treatment and details how to translate each theory into actual practice. Material on 12-step, psychodynamic, behavior

Experts on both side of the issue speak out both for and against capital punishment and the rationale behind their individual beliefs.