File #2739: "2019_Book_CrimeInJapan.pdf"

2019_Book_CrimeInJapan.pdf

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1|Preface|6
1|Contents|12
1|1 Introduction|16
2|Influence of Japan on Criminology|17
3|Low Crime and Orientalism: A Brief History|18
3|Does Japan Have Low Crime?|22
3|Crime and Deviance in Modern Japan|24
2|Western Influence on Japanese Criminology|25
3|Psychological and Sociological Understandings of Crime|27
4|Psychological Criminology|28
2|Conclusion|30
2|References|31
1|2 Culture|38
2|The Problem with Cultural Explanations|39
2|Comparing Cultures|42
2|What Is Meant by Culture?|44
3|Individualism–Collectivism|46
3|Tightness–Looseness|47
2|What Kind of Culture Is Japan?|48
2|Can Culture Explain Crime in Japan?|51
3|Cultural Theories on Crime in Japan: From Sociological to Psychological|53
2|Conclusion|60
2|References|60
1|3 Life Course|65
2|Recidivism|68
3|Risk and Protective Factors|70
3|Causes|71
2|Criminal Careers|73
3|The Age-Crime Curve|74
3|Elderly Crime|76
2|Desistance|77
2|Conclusion|79
2|References|80
1|4 Family|84
2|Family Violence|87
3|Filial Violence|87
3|Child Maltreatment|88
3|Filicide|90
3|Intimate Partner Violence|91
3|Elder Abuse|92
2|The Family as an Explanation for Crime|94
3|Child-Rearing Methods|94
3|Large Family Size|98
3|Child Maltreatment|99
3|Disrupted Families and Parental Conflict|102
4|Disrupted Families|102
4|Parental Conflict|104
3|Criminal and Antisocial Parents|105
3|Other Parental Factors|106
2|Family Violence Prevention|106
3|Integrating Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Family Violence|107
4|Identification of Risk Factors and Development of Preventative Measures|108
2|Conclusion|110
2|References|111
1|5 Youth|119
2|Youth Crimes|121
3|Trends and Prevalence|121
2|Why Is Youth Crime an Issue?|124
2|Understanding Serious Youth Violence: Typologies|127
2|Explanations|130
2|Crime Prevention and Crime Control|132
3|Effectiveness of Interventions|133
3|Strengthening Social Relationships|136
2|Conclusion|138
2|References|139
1|6 School|145
2|The Relationship Between School Factors and Offending|146
2|Conformity|148
2|Education and Self-Control|150
3|Self-Control as Personality|151
2|Bullying|156
3|Reasons for Bullying|157
3|Impact of Bullying: Psychological Consequences|159
2|School Refusal|161
2|Conclusion|164
2|References|165
1|7 Mental Disorders|170
2|Findings from Japan|173
3|Prevalence of Mental Disorders|173
3|The Medical Treatment and Supervision Act|174
3|Relationship to Reoffending|175
2|Developmental Disorders and Comorbidity|176
2|Schizophrenia|177
3|Gender Differences|179
2|Culturally Specific Mental Health Issues|180
3|Suicide|180
3|Hikikomori|184
2|Challenges to Addressing Mental Disorder and Reoffending|188
3|Reoffending|188
3|Stigma|189
2|Conclusion|191
2|References|191
1|8 Biosocial Interactions|198
2|Neuropsychological/Cognitive Deficits|201
3|Sexual Offending|203
3|Psychopathy|206
2|Risks in Nutrients and Childbirth|210
3|Omega-3|211
3|Obstetric Influences|213
2|Biological Prevention|216
2|Conclusion|218
2|References|219
1|9 Conclusions|226
2|Developing an Inclusive Criminology|231
2|References|233
1|Index|235