RT Article
T1 Criminal justice participation among Japanese adults: a preliminary study
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 74
A1 Mukai, Tomoya
A2 Matsuki, Yuma
A2 Sadamura, Masahiro
A2 Watamura, Eiichiro
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/186992682X
AB A growing number of studies have argued that public participation in criminal justice has become increasingly important in recent years; however, empirical data on the prevalence and determinants of participation in criminal justice are limited. Therefore, this study conducted a preliminary exploration of the prevalence and determinants of criminal justice participation experience and intention using data from 848 Japanese adults. This study defined the concept of criminal justice participation based on the notion of political participation used in political sciences. The results demonstrated that only 10.5% of the respondents had experienced at least one of the nine examined activities (e.g., participating in demonstrations and posting their thoughts on SNS). In addition, the mean of each intention item ranged from 1.46 to 2.04 on a five-point Likert scale. Moreover, experience and intention were not significantly affected by demographic variables, except for gender, with men showing higher experience and intention to participate.
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Criminal justice participation
K1 Japan
K1 Participation intention
K1 Public participation
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2023.100616