Where the state kills in secret: Capital punishment in Japan

Punishment and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-285

  Johnson, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Death penalty; Executions; Japan; Prosecutors; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744918809     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474506064699     Document Type: Article

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