The Japanese way of justice: prosecuting crime in Japan

Introduction; Why Japanese Prosecutors?; Research Methods; An Overview of the Criminal Process; An Overview of the Book; I: The Contexts of Japanese Justice; 1 Paradise for a Prosecutor; Little Crime; Light Caseloads; Quiescent Politics; Enabling Law; No Juries; Conclusion; 2 Prosecutors and the Criminal Court Community; Prosecutors and Police; Prosecutors and Judges; Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys; Conclusion; 3 Prosecutor Culture; Who Are the Prosecutors?; What Do Prosecutors Want?; Suspension of Prosecution and the Exercise of Discretion; Conclusion

4 The Organization of ProsecutionStructure; Roles and Tasks; The Kanemaru Case: The Day Support Sank; Conclusion; II: The Content of Japanese Justice; 5 Consistency; Scenes from Home and Abroad; The Limits of Order in American Prosecution; The Possibility of Order in Japanese Prosecution; A Summary and Two Qualifications; Explaining Consistency; Conclusion; 6 Corrections; "Dear Prosecutor: Thanks!"; On "Correction"; Judging Correctability; Mechanisms of Correction; The Limits of Leniency; Japan's Two Systems; Correcting Victims; Conclusion; 7 Convictions; Calculating Conviction Rates

Explaining the GapChecking the Prosecutors: External Controls; Checking the Prosecutors: Internal Controls; The Origins of Trial Sufficiency Policy; The Long Decline; The Consequences of Conservatism; 8 Confessions; Plea-Bargaining; Prosecutor Essays; Prosecutor Brutality and the Third Degree; Precise Justice and Problems in Paradise; Choices; Conclusion; Appendix: The Survey: Prosecutors' Attitudes and Activities; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z