Foreign workers and law enforcement in Japan / Wolfgang Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, Wolfgang.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Japan ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Japan--Social conditions.

Foreign workers.

Noncitizens--Japan.

Noncitizens.

Law enforcement--Japan.

Law enforcement.

Illegal immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a detailed study of the extent to which an increased influx of foreign workers is a threat to law and order in the context of the data-generating process of police statistics and the media coverage of ""crimes"" committed by foreigners. It shows that a general mood in which foreign workers are viewed as potential danger to Japanese society ""protects"" the criminalization of foreign ""illegal"" migrant workers. The work begins by tracing the upsurge of ""illegal"" foreign workers in Japan. It builds a social profile of these ""illegals"" showing that because of fear of expuls

Contents:

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Preliminary Remarks; 2 Phenomenology of the 'Illegal' Labour Migration to Japan; 3 Some Historical Preliminaries; 4 Prelude: The Japayuki Question; 5 The Early Stage of a Process of Irregular Migration: The Increase in Male 'Illegal' Workers; 6 The Debate Concerning a Formal Policy on Guest-Workers; 7 Migrant Workers and Criminality; 8 The Media and Criminality; Appendix: All the Titles of Articles Evaluated for Media Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary and Index of Japanese Terms

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: London : Kegan Paul International, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-92907-X

1-136-92908-8

1-283-03855-2

9786613038555

0-203-84569-2

9780203845691

OCLC:

701703670