RT Book
T1 Crime in Japan: A Psychological Perspective
T2 Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
T2 Springer eBooks Law and Criminology
A1 Bui, Laura
A1 Farrington, David P.
LA English
PP Cham
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1666735507
AB 1. Introduction -- 2. Culture -- 3. Life Course -- 4. Family -- 5. Youth -- 6. School -- 7. Mental Disorders -- 8. Biosocial Interactions -- 9. Conclusions
AB This book examines different aspects of crime and deviance in Japan using research and theories from psychological criminology. Dominant research literature often stereotypically claims that Japan has low crime compared to Western industrialised countries because its citizens are group-oriented, its social institutions benevolent and organised, and its public spaces are spotless and efficient. Bui and Farrington however found that there is a higher level of violence among young Japanese males compared to that among young American males. The authors use psychological criminology to investigate this claim and present what is known about crime and antisocial behaviour in Japan from a psychological perspective (e.g. mental disorders, brain dysfunction, and family criminality) and explain how this fits into the broader understanding of crime at the individual level. This original project is the most up-to-date work on crime in Japan and progresses the important, and underdeveloped, field of criminal psychology
OP 274
CN HV6001-7220.5
SN 9783030140977
K1 Criminology
K1 Law—Asia
K1 Juvenile delinquents
K1 Japan-History
K1 Forensic Psychology
K1 Ethnology-Asia
K1 Violence
K1 Crime
K1 Asian Criminology
K1 Japan : Kriminalpsychologie
K1 eBook-Springer-Law-and-Criminology-2019
DO 10.1007/978-3-030-14097-7