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001			ocn936347635
003			OCoLC
005			20180722223408.0
008			160627s2016 vtu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2016022279
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035			_a(OCoLC)936347635 _z(OCoLC)936192042
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043			_aa-ja---
092			_a364.1095 _bM978
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMurphy, Paul, _d1968- _eauthor. _9315002
245	1	0	_aTrue crime Japan : _bthieves, rascals, killers and dope heads : true stories from a Japanese courtroom / _cPaul Murphy.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aRoutland, Vermont : _bTuttle Publishing, _c[2016]
300			_a256 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A middle-aged carpenter beats his 91-year old mother to death and goes to work the following day, leaving the body for his wife to find. An 82-year old woman is jailed for 10 months for stealing fried chicken. Like nearly all defendants in Japan, they both plead guilty. What happens between plea and sentencing is the subject of True Crime Japan. In this fascinating crime book journalist and longtime Japan resident Paul Murphy provides a glimpse of Japanese society through a year's worth of criminal court cases in Matsumoto, a city 140 miles to the west of Tokyo. The defendants in these cases range from ruthless mobsters to average citizens, often committing similar crimes in rather different ways, and for different reasons. Based on court hearings and interviews with the defendants, their families, neighbors and lawyers--Murphy explores not only the motives of offenders, but the culture of crime and punishment in Japan. The resulting true crime book provides a lens through which to view this honor-shame based, conformist culture, and shows how, in its role within that culture, the court system reveals Japan to be, surprisingly to some, a land of true individuals"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCrime _zJapan. _9143130
650		0	_aOrganized crime _zJapan. _9315003
650		0	_aCriminals _zJapan. _9315004
650		0	_aCriminal investigation _zJapan. _9315005
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