Crime and criminal justice in modern Japan: From re-integrative shaming to popular punitivism

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-178

  Hamai, Koichi ^a   Ellis, Thomas ^b  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750620446     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsl.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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