Lay and Expert Contributions to Japanese Criminal Justice

ISBN-13: 9780367662134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Erik Herber

Opis

This book examines the increased role and effect of legal 'outsiders’ including lay judges, participating victims, forensic psychiatrists and other scientific experts in the Japanese criminal justice system.

Spis treści

1:  Introduction;  2: Forces of Change;  3: Psychiatrists and Criminal Responsibility;  4: Support at the Entrance;  5: Victim Participation: Pursuing the Therapeutic Potential of Criminal Procedure;  6:  The Science in Criminal Justice Fact Finding;  7: Lay Judges and Sentencing;  8: Conclusion;  9: Index

O autorze

Erik Herber is university lecturer in socio-legal studies and criminology at the Leiden University Institute of Area Studies (LIAS) as well as the Leiden University Law School. He holds a MA in Japanese Studies from Leiden University (The Netherlands) and a MA and PhD in sociology from Tsukuba University (Japan). His main research interests concern crime and criminal justice in Japan, with a particular focus on the role of citizens and other non-juridical professionals in the prevention and adjudication of crime as well as the reintegration of offenders. He is also interested in trends in policies and responses to crime in a comparative perspective, as well as human rights in Japan, in theory and practice.