The Death Penalty in Japan

Will the Public Tolerate Abolition?

Mai Sato

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English

Springer VS
15 November 2013

Ethical issues: capital punishment; Social research & statistics; Penology & punishment

This book examines public attitudes to the death penalty in Japan, focusing on knowledge and trust-based attitudinal factors relating to support for, and opposition to, the death penalty. A mixed-method approach was used. Quantitative and qualitative surveys were mounted to assess Japanese death penalty attitudes. The main findings show that death penalty attitudes are not fixed but fluid. Information has a significant impact on reducing support for the death penalty while retributive attitudes are associated with support. This book offers a new conceptual framework in understanding the death penalty without replying on the usual human rights approach, which can be widely applied not just to Japan but to other retentionist countries.

By: Mai Sato
Imprint: Springer VS
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2014 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 3.351kg
ISBN: 9783658006778
ISBN 10: 3658006773
Pages: 235
Publication Date: 15 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mai Sato is a research associate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford and a research fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London. Currently she is a Max Planck Post-doctoral Fellow.

Reviews for The Death Penalty in Japan: Will the Public Tolerate Abolition?

From the book reviews: The objective of this book is to challenge, using empirical research, the Japanese government's argument that it cannot abolish the death penalty because the vast majority of Japanese people are support it. ... the book is essential reading for all those with an interest in issues surrounding the death penalty and surveys of public opinion. It is sure to cause a major stir in debate over the death penalty in Japan. (Koichi Hamai, Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 18 (1), January, 2015)