Crime in Japan: A Psychological Perspective

1. Introduction -- 2. Culture -- 3. Life Course -- 4. Family -- 5. Youth -- 6. School -- 7. Mental Disorders -- 8. Biosocial Interactions -- 9. Conclusions

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bui, Laura (Author)
Contributors: Farrington, David P.
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2019
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Asian Criminology
Crime
Criminology
Ethnology-Asia
Forensic Psychology
Japan > Kriminalpsychologie
Japan-History
Juvenile delinquents
Law—Asia
Violence
eBook-Springer-Law-and-Criminology-2019
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1666552100
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Summary:1. Introduction -- 2. Culture -- 3. Life Course -- 4. Family -- 5. Youth -- 6. School -- 7. Mental Disorders -- 8. Biosocial Interactions -- 9. Conclusions
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 274 p. 1 illus)
ISBN:9783030140977
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-14097-7