Overview
2019 Distinguished Book Award Honorable Mention awarded by the Asian Criminology Society
Winner of the JASL Book Prize for 2019 awarded by the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law
Reveals what the Japanese think about the newly introduced lay participation system
Introduces ideas about the relation between general trust and trust in the justice system, and whether the introduction of the system has had an impact on trust in the justice system
Shows how the Japanese mass media have portrayed the system and the chronological changes in their treatment of it
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Table of contents(6 chapters)
About this book
This book describes the state of the lay participation system in criminal justice, saiban-in seido, in Japanese society. Starting with descriptions of the outlines of lay participation in the Japanese criminal justice system, the book deals with the questions of what the lay participants think about the system after their participation, how the general public evaluate the system, whether the introduction of lay participation has promoted trust in the justice system in Japan, and the foci of Japanese society’s interest in the lay participation system. To answer these questions, the author utilizes data obtained from social surveys of actual participants and of the general public. The book also explores the results of quantitative text analyses of newspaper articles. With those data, the author describes how Japanese society evaluates the implementation of the system and discusses whether the system promotes democratic values in Japan.
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Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
Masahiro Fujita
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Japanese Society and Lay Participation in Criminal Justice
Book Subtitle: Social Attitudes, Trust, and Mass Media
Authors: Masahiro Fujita
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0338-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0337-0Published: 16 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3816-8Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0338-7Published: 04 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 282
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law