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Author Croydon, Silvia, 1978- author.

Title The politics of police detention in Japan : consensus of convenience / Silvia Croydon
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology.
Contents Introduction -- Origin of the modern system of police custody -- A tale of two detention bills -- Two-step amendment compromise -- Deconstructing the substitute prison landscape -- Towards the future -- Conclusion
Summary The first in-depth empirical investigation of Japan's divergent police detention arrangements, shining a spotlight on the remand procedure for criminal suspects. Currently, the 23-day duration for which individuals can be held in police custody prior to being indicted there is the longest amongst developed nations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Detention of persons -- Japan
Corrections -- Japan
Police power -- Japan
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Corrections
Detention of persons
Police power
True Crime.
Japan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191075872
0191075876
9780191818097
0191818097