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The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influence on Japanese society over the past 50 years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers lawyers, journalists and academics, this is an analysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hill, Peter B. E.
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
Yakuza > Japan > History.
Yakuza > Economic aspects > Japan.
Yakuza > Government policy > Japan.
Organized crime > Japan > Prevention.
Organized crime > Law and legislation > Japan.
Yakuza > Japon > Histoire.
Yakuza > Aspect économique > Japon.
Yakuza > Politique gouvernementale > Japon.
Crime organisé > Japon > Prévention.
Criminal Law.
LAW.
International Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Sociology.
Organized crime > Law and legislation
Organized crime > Prevention
Yakuza
Japan
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influence on Japanese society over the past 50 years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers lawyers, journalists and academics, this is an analysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199257523
9780199257522
9780191601026
0191601020
9780191531491
0191531499