Japan has long been recognized for its low rates of violent crime, rates that usually seem to
be declining. The most common explanation for postwar rates links unique cultural …

An argument is developed that the purported collectivism in Japanese society generates
stronger social bonds in Japan than in the more individualistic United States, which might …

Japan is often described as an inclusive society, and yet the media reports record highs in
crime and suicide figures. This book examines criminal justice in Japan, and questions …

Although evidence abounds in American criminology that young males are more prone to
deviance than females, relatively little is known about the magnitude of the gender gap in …

Japan has become known as a country with exceptionally low crime rate. Criminologists
have often focused on cultural characteristics to explain this uniqueness. With the burst of …

Japanische Jugendliche sind einer Vielzahl an Verhaltenserwartungen ausgesetzt. Diese
sind in hohem Maße formalisiert und unter anderem in gesetzlichen, amtlichen und …

Japanese homicide rates steadily decreased throughout the postwar period, eventually
making Japan's rates among the very lowest in the world. In my 2004 Criminology paper …

This paper provides empirical evidence that a higher minimum wage mitigates the increase
in local crime rates caused by income crises in the US. Results show that a negative income …

抄録 わが国の犯罪は減少傾向にあるが, そうした減少はすべての場所で一様に生じているわけでは
ない. ある地域全体が減少傾向にあったとしても, 地区レベルでの時系列変化にはばらつきが存在 …