%0 Journal Article
%T Homicide in Contemporary Japan
%J British journal of criminology
%D 2001
%A Finch, Adam
%V 41
%N 2
%P 219-235
%X 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 />
%G 
%I Oxford University Press
%@ 0007-0955
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/41.2.219