Japan as a Low-Crime Nation by Leonardsen, D.

Japan as a Low-Crime Nation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403941114)

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Japan as a Low-Crime Nation by Leonardsen, D.

Japan as a Low-Crime Nation

$54.99
Japan as a Low-Crime Nation by Leonardsen, D.

Japan as a Low-Crime Nation

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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Criminologists have despaired that modernization and crime are inseparable. The more modern we become, the more criminal. Japan has long been seen as an exception to the rule. The reasons for this, however, have not been well understood. In this book, the independent value of culture is explored to reveal new insights. The author finds that while it remains the case that crime reduction may come at some cost to individual autonomy, the 'West' can learn from Japan to reduce the social harm of too much freedom. Instead of endless crime prevention programs through 'social engineering', policy makers could pay more attention to sociological insights concerning responsibility, obligations and collective identities.

Author: D. Leonardsen
ISBN-10: 1403941114
ISBN-13: 9781403941114
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2004
Pages: 227
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.65w x 0.72d
By D. Leonardsen
By D. Leonardsen
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DAG LEONARDSEN is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Lillehammer University College, Norway. He is the author of numerous articles in Norwegian and has contributed to the New Zealand and Australian Journal of Criminology. His main areas of research are within welfare sociology, political analysis and social impact assessment.

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