Policing in Japan: A Study on Making Crime (Suny Series in Critical Issues in Criminal Justice)

An observational study of the Japanese detective.

This book is an observational study of the Japanese detective, demonstrating with extensive field data the process of criminal investigation. It is the first in-depth study of the Japanese criminal justice system at work. Utilizing Ericson's concept of "making crime," Setsuo Miyazawa analyzes the restraints under which Japanese detectives work, and the unique freedoms they have in the investigative process in comparison to American police generally. He also provides a comparative analysis of law enforcement in Japan, the United States, and Europe, and questions how effectively these systems evaluate and enable investigative police work.

Setsuo Miyazawa is Professor of Law at Aoyama Gakuin University and Senior Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.