{"product_id":"next-frontier-national-development-political-change-and-the-death-penalty-in-asia-paperback-2","title":"Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid T. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFranklin E. Zimring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations. Will this success spread to Asia, where over 95 percent of executions now occur? Do Asian values and traditions support capital punishment, or will development and democratization end executions in the world's most rapidly developing region? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David T. Johnson, an expert on law and society in Asia, and Franklin E. Zimring, a senior authority on capital punishment, combine detailed case studies of the death penalty in Asian nations with cross-national comparisons to identify the critical factors for the future of Asian death penalty policy. The clear trend is away from reliance on state execution and many nations with death penalties in their criminal codes rarely use it. Only the hard-line authoritarian regimes of China, Vietnam, Singapore, and North Korea execute with any frequency, and when authoritarian states experience democratic reforms, the rate of executions drops sharply, as in Taiwan and South Korea. Debunking the myth of \"Asian values,\" Johnson and Zimring demonstrate that politics, rather than culture or tradition, is the major obstacle to the end of executions. Carefully researched and full of valuable lessons, \u003cem\u003eThe Next Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e is the authoritative resource on the death penalty in Asia for scholars, \u003cbr\u003epolicymakers, and advocates around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid T. Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Japanese Way of Justice: Prosecuting Crime in Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, which received book awards from the American Society of Criminology and the American Sociological Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFranklin E. Zimring\u003c\/strong\u003e is the William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions of American Capital Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e (voted a Book of the Year by \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42034962006096,"sku":"9780195382457","price":80.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bFRSSlliTDJwRVd4TkVjd3JjVlZQdz09_ab7ff2b8-a145-4a6d-b8f2-c7373427040f.webp?v=1771837876","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/next-frontier-national-development-political-change-and-the-death-penalty-in-asia-paperback-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}