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Murphy, Paul, 1968-
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Crime -- Japan.
Organized crime -- Japan.
Criminals -- Japan.
Criminal investigation -- Japan.
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Murphy, Paul, 1968-
Crime -- Japan.
Organized crime -- Japan.
Criminals -- Japan.
Criminal investigation -- Japan.
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True crime
Japan
: thieves, rascals, killers and dope heads : true stories from a Japanese courtroom / Paul Murphy.
by
Murphy, Paul, 1968-
Tuttle Publishing, c2016.
Call #:
364.10952 M978t
Subjects
Crime
--
Japan
.
Organized crime
--
Japan
.
Criminals
--
Japan
.
Criminal
investigation
--
Japan
.
ISBN:
9784805313428 (pbk.)
4805313420 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
256 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"A middle-aged carpenter beats his 91-year old mother to death and goes to work the following day, leaving the body for his wife to find. An 82-year old woman is jailed for 10 months for stealing fried chicken. Like nearly all defendants in
Japan
, they both plead guilty. What happens between plea and sentencing is the subject of True Crime
Japan
. In this fascinating crime book journalist and longtime
Japan
resident Paul Murphy provides a glimpse of Japanese society through a year's worth of
criminal
court cases in Matsumoto, a city 140 miles to the west of Tokyo. The defendants in these cases range from ruthless mobsters to average citizens, often committing similar crimes in rather different ways, and for different reasons. Based on court hearings and interviews with the defendants, their families, neighbors and lawyers--Murphy explores not only the motives of offenders, but the culture of crime and punishment in
Japan
. The resulting true crime book provides a lens through which to view this honor-shame based, conformist culture, and shows how, in its role within that culture, the court system reveals
Japan
to be, surprisingly to some, a land of true individuals"--From publisher.
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