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| Title | : | The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008SMSENC |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
Today, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations. The clear trend is away from reliance on state execution and many nations with death penalties in their criminal codes rarely use it. Debunking the myth of "Asian values," Johnson and Zimring demonstrate that politics, rather than culture or tradition, is the major obstacle to the end of executions. Only the hard-line authoritarian regimes of China, Vietnam, Singapore, and North Korea execute with any frequency, and when authoritarian states experience democratic reforms, the rate of executions drops sharply, as in Taiwan and South Korea. Johnson, an expert on law and society in Asia, and Franklin E. Carefully researched and full of valuable lessons, The Next Frontier is the authoritative resource on the death penalty in Asia for scholars, policymakers, and advocates around the world.. Zimring, a senior authority on capital punishment, combine detailed case studies of the death penalty in Asian nations with cross-national comparisons to identify the critical factors for the future of Asian death penalty policy. Will this success spread to Asia, where over 95 percent of executions now occur? Do Asian values and traditions support capital punishment, or will development
Johnson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii and author of The Japanese Way of Justice: Prosecuting Crime in Japan, which received book awards from the American Society of Criminology and the American Sociological Association. Zimring is the William G. David T. Franklin E. He is the author of The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (voted a Book of the Year by The
To influence the region, Australia can try several strategies, but should avoid sermonising, a tactic that would never work in Asia."--The Sydney Morning Herald"A guide book and tour de force of the death penalty in AsiaThis is an excellent treatise, well organised and systematic, in a clear and easily comprehensible style that avoids tedium through a lightness of touch and as much humour as the sobriety of the content might permitan essential reference workThe clear and accessible style renders it of use to all those concerned with the death penalty, especially those in government, legal personnel and above all activists engaged in the struggle to banish the death penalty from society."--Bangkok Post"The logic, and politics, of the death penalty is heavily under-researched, and so remains p
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