The Japanese Way of Justice Prosecuting Crime

The Japanese way of justice is largely determined by the way prosecutorsperform their jobs. This book paints an empirical sketch of prosectors at work,the contexts that influence their actions, and the content of the decisionsthereby rendered. The author is the first researcher to gain access to the workworlds of prosectors in Japan.

David T. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Introduction

3

(1)

Why Japanese Prosecutors?

4

(4)

Research Methods

8

(4)

An Overview of the Criminal Process

12

(3)

An Overview of the Book

15

(6)

I The Contexts of Japanese Justice

Paradise for a Prosecutor

21

(29)

Little Crime

22

(1)

Light Caseloads

23

(6)

Quiescent Politics

29

(4)

Enabling Law

33

(9)

No Juries

42

(5)

Conclusion

47

(3)

Prosecutors and the Criminal Court Community

50

(38)

Prosecutors and Police

51

(10)

Prosecutors and Judges

61

(10)

Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys

71

(14)

Conclusion

85

(3)

Prosecutor Culture

88

(31)

Who Are the Prosecutors?

89

(4)

What Do Prosecutors Want?

93

(11)

Suspension of Prosecution and the Exercise of Discretion

104

(12)

Conclusion

116

(3)

The Organization of Prosecution

119

(28)

Structure

119

(3)

Roles and Tasks

122

(16)

Operators: Uncovering and Constructing the Truth

123

(3)

Managers: Cultivating Mission and Controlling Operators

126

(6)

Executives: Securing Autonomy and Maintaining the Organization

132

(6)

The Kanemaru Case: The Day Support Sank

138

(2)

Conclusion

140

(7)

II The Content of Japanese Justice

Consistency

147

(32)

Scenes from Home and Abroad

147

(4)

The Limits of Order in American Prosecution

151

(3)

The Possibility of Order in Japanese Prosecution

154

(5)

A Summary and Two Qualifications

159

(2)

Explaining Consistency

161

(12)

The Culture of Prosecution

161

(6)

The Structure of Prosecution

167

(6)

Conclusion

173

(6)

Corrections

179

(35)

``Dear Prosecutor: Thanks!''

179

(2)

On ``Correction''

181

(1)

Judging Correctability

182

(3)

Mechanisms of Correction

185

(7)

The Limits of Leniency

192

(7)

Japan's Two Systems

199

(2)

Correcting Victims

201

(9)

Conclusion

210

(4)

Convictions

214

(29)

Calculating Conviction Rates

215

(3)

Explaining the Gap

218

(4)

Checking the Prosecutors: External Controls

222

(3)

Checking the Prosecutors: Internal Controls

225

(5)

The Origins of Trial Sufficiency Policy

230

(2)

The Long Decline

232

(5)

The Consequences of Conservatism

237

(6)

Confessions

243

(34)

Plea-Bargaining

245

(3)

Prosecutor Essays

248

(5)

Prosecutor Brutality and the Third Degree

253

(11)

Precise Justice and Problems in Paradise

264

(5)

Choices

269

(8)

Conclusion

277

(4)

Appendix The Survey: Prosecutors' Attitudes and Activities

281

(8)

References

289

(26)

Index

315

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