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The next frontier : national development, political change, and the death penalty in Asia / David T. Johnson, Franklin E. Zimring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, David T. (David Ted), 1960-
- Series:
- Studies in crime and public policy.
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--Asia.
- Capital punishment.
- Capital punishment--Asia--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (543 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Part I: Issues and Methods. 1. Asia and the Future of Capital Punishment. 2. Varieties of Capital Punishment in Contemporary Part II: National Profiles. 3. Development without Abolition: Japan in the 21st Century. 4. A Lesson Learned: Capital Punishment in the Philippines. 5. The Vanguard: The Death Penalty and Political Change in South Korea. 6. The Other China: Capital Punishment in Taiwan. 7. The Political Origins of Chinese Death Penalty Exceptionalism. Part III: Lessons and Prospects. 8. Lessons from Asia. 9. The Pace of Change in Asia. Appendix A: Capital Punishment in the Hermit Kingdom
- Contents:
- Foreword; Contents; PART I: Issues and Methods; PART II: National Profiles; PART III: Lessons and Prospects; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-504) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-538245-5
- 1-281-99851-6
- 9786611998516
- 0-19-971402-9
- OCLC:
- 437096348
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