Foreign workers and law enforcement in Japan / Wolfgang Herbert.
2011
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Author
Title
Foreign workers and law enforcement in Japan / Wolfgang Herbert.
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Call Number
HD8728.5 .H47 2011
Former Call Number
Jpn 917 H414 2011
ISBN
9780415585170 (hbk)
0415585171 (hbk)
0415585171 (hbk)
Description
x, 375 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)704339136
Note
First published in 1996 by Kegan Paul International, UK.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-368) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
1.
Preliminary Remarks
1
2.
Phenomenology of the `Illegal' Labour Migration to Japan
3
2.1.
Theories of `Illegal' Migration of Labour
3
3.
Some Historical Preliminaries
22
4.
Prelude: The Japayuki Question
27
4.1.
`Lack of Brides'
34
4.2.
Fictitious Marriages
36
5.
The Early Stages of a Process of Irregular Migration: The Increase in Male `Illegal' Workers
39
5.1.
Official Crack-downs on `Illegal' Workers
47
5.2.
Official Statistics on `Illegal' in Japan
51
5.3.
Excursus on the Use of Statistics
54
5.4.
Number and Categories of `Illegals' in Japan
59
5.5.
Summary
128
6.
The Debate concerning a Formal Policy on Guest-Workers
129
6.1.
Main Arguments
129
6.2.
General Reflections on the (Political) Discussion Concerning Migrant Workers
131
6.3.
Arguments for a Restrictive Immigration Policy (Sakokuha)
138
6.4.
The Position of the Cautious (Shinchoha)
146
6.5.
Some Arguments for the Legalization of Irregular Workers
150
6.6.
Opinion Polls
153
6.7.
Revision of the Immigration Control Act
159
7.
Migrant Workers and Criminality
162
7.1.
Preliminary Remarks
162
7.2.
The Discussion Regarding Criminality of Guest-Workers in Austria and Germany
163
7.3.
Attempts to Explain the Criminality of Foreigners in Japan
190
7.4.
Criminal Statistics Released by the Police and their Reception in the Mass Media
196
7.5.
The Argument Concerning the `Deterioration of Public Safety' in Japan due to the Influx of Foreign (Illegal) Workers
209
7.6.
Fear of Crime and the `Situation of Constant Suspicion'
222
7.7.
Interrogation by the Police, and Police Custody
228
7.8.
Indictment Rates and Adjudication
247
8.
The Media and Criminality
262
8.1.
General Characteristics Concerning Media-Coverage of Crimes
262
8.2.
Critique of Crime Reporting in Japan
264
8.3.
Analysis of the Coverage of Crimes by Foreigners in the Print Media
269
8.4.
Report-Sequences and Stereotypes of Deviance
274
8.5.
Evaluation of the `Media-Effect' -- Concluding Remarks and Central Thesis
299
Appendix
304
Notes
326
Bibliography
333
Glossary and Index of Japanese Terms
369