Framing Capital Punishment in Japan: Avoidance, Ambivalence, and Atonement

Mari Kita; David T. Johnson

doi:10.1007/S11417-014-9189-3

Framing Capital Punishment in Japan: Avoidance, Ambivalence, and Atonement

Mari Kita
, David T. Johnson

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

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Original language	American English
Journal	Asian Journal of Criminology
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/S11417-014-9189-3
State	Published - Apr 27 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Criminology
Sociology

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