The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia

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David T Johnson (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa) Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)

The Next Frontier

National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia

David T Johnson (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa), Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)

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Oxford University Press Inc
23 December 2008

Ethical issues: capital punishment; Penology & punishment; Central government policies

Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy

"Today, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations. Will this success spread to Asia, where over 95 percent of executions now occur?

Do Asian values and traditions support capital punishment, or will development and democratization end executions in the world's most rapidly developing region?

David T. Johnson, an expert on law and society in Asia, and Franklin E. Zimring, a senior authority on capital punishment, combine detailed case studies of the death penalty in Asian nations with cross-national comparisons to identify the critical factors for the future of Asian death penalty policy. The clear trend is away from reliance on state execution and many nations with death penalties in their criminal codes rarely use it. Only the hard-line authoritarian regimes of China, Vietnam, Singapore, and North Korea execute with any frequency, and when authoritarian states experience democratic reforms, the rate of executions drops sharply, as in Taiwan and South Korea. Debunking the myth of ""Asian values,"" Johnson and Zimring demonstrate that politics, rather than culture or tradition, is the major obstacle to the end of executions. Carefully researched and full of valuable lessons, The Next Frontier

is the authoritative resource on the death penalty in Asia for scholars, policymakers, and advocates around the world."

By: David T Johnson (Professor of Sociology Professor of Sociology University of Hawaii Manoa), Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 867g
ISBN: 9780195337402
ISBN 10: 0195337409
Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 23 December 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David T. Johnson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii and author of The Japanese Way of Justice: Prosecuting Crime in Japan, which received book awards from the American Society of Criminology and the American Sociological Association. Franklin E. Zimring is the William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (voted a Book of the Year by The Economist).

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The Next Frontier

National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia

David T Johnson (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa), Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)

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The Next Frontier

National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia

David T Johnson (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa), Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)

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