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Different Responses to Violence in Japan and America
John PJDussich, Paul Friday and Takayuki Okada, et al
(Paperback)
2001, 201 pages
ISBN: 1-881798-32-1
$26.50

Professor Gilbert Geis, University of California-Irvine, writes about this original comparative research study in the Preface: "Different Responses to Violence in Japan and America is one of the very few sophisticated comparative forays into the heart of issues of crime and fear of crime... This pioneering work is the product of scholars who have been closely identified with efforts to broaden the horizons of criminological study and to cross national boundaries. [This book] conveys the lesson that the level and nature of crime in a society can only be understood by comprehending the elements of that society's culture - its ethos and values."

And Prof. Liqun Cao writes in the International Journal of Comparative Criminology: "...perhaps the only book that deals with the differences between Japan and America quantitatively, and it is the only book that is written jointly by experts in Japan and in America.... a great addition to comparative research..."

Chapters include: Introduction; Cultural Responses to the Threat of Violence; The Thresholds of Violence; Influences on Fear of Crime Victimization; Weapons and Attitudes toward Violent Responses; Justificationns for Police Use of Violence; Theoretical Implications; and Summary and Implications. Appendices cover Comparative Criminology; the questionnaire used in the study; the original twelve hypotheses; and a glossary of Japanese words used in the book. An extensive list of references and over 60 figures and tables are also presented.

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