@article{ref1,
title="Homicide in Contemporary Japan",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2001",
author="Finch, Adam",
volume="41",
number="2",
pages="219-235",
abstract="This paper examines patterns of homicide in Japan from 1989 to 1995 using data from the Heisei 00nen no Hanzai (Crime in 19XX [sic]). The analysis of these statistics produced the following patterns: men predominated as both victims and suspects; homicides typically occurred between friends or relatives; the most commonly used weapons were knives; and the most common motives were hatred and sexual jealousy. Comparisons were made with a similar study of statistics from the English and Welsh Homicide Index, and Japan was found to be similar except in two respects: the influence of boryokudan (organized criminal gangs), and the possibility that, in the case of parricide, much of the violence was directed by sons against their mothers.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/41.2.219",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/41.2.219"
}