Japanese criminal justice: Was reintegrative shaming a chimera?

Punishment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-46

  Hamai, Koichi ^a   Ellis, Thomas ^b  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Criminal justice; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749067375     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474507084196     Document Type: Article

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