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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782897103321

Autore

Johnson David T (David Ted), <1960->

Titolo

The next frontier [[electronic resource] ] : national development, political change, and the death penalty in Asia / / David T. Johnson, Franklin E. Zimring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-538245-5

1-281-99851-6

9786611998516

0-19-971402-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (543 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Altri autori (Persone)

ZimringFranklin E

Disciplina

364.66095

Soggetti

Capital punishment - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-504) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; PART I: Issues and Methods; PART II: National Profiles; PART III: Lessons and Prospects; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Part I: Issues and Methods. 1. Asia and the Future of Capital Punishment. 2. Varieties of Capital Punishment in Contemporary Part II: National Profiles. 3. Development without Abolition: Japan in the 21st Century. 4. A Lesson Learned: Capital Punishment in the Philippines. 5. The Vanguard: The Death Penalty and Political Change in South Korea. 6. The Other China: Capital Punishment in Taiwan. 7. The Political Origins of Chinese Death Penalty Exceptionalism. Part III: Lessons and Prospects. 8. Lessons from Asia. 9. The Pace of Change in Asia. Appendix A: Capital Punishment in the Hermit Kingdom