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YASUHIRO MARUYAMA
Department Department of Law, Faculty of Law Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2019/03 |
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| Title | The Rissho International Journal of Academic Research in Culture and Society 2: The Academic Canon of Arts and Humanities, and Science |
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| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | Heibon-sha |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 2,pp.197-222 |
| Total page number | 370 |
| Responsible for | Penal Reform for the Drug Offenses in Japan |
| Author and coauthor | The Rissho University International Journal Committee |
| Details | The "Report of the study group on the state of criminal law regarding young persons" was released in December of 2016. The focus of this report concerns the criminal law system regarding young people, particularly matters such as the qualifying age at which the Juvenile Act applies and policy measures. The report primarily considers measures that would enable making correctional treatment programs mandatory for prisoners, These programs would be implemented, after integrating prison terms and imprisonment. The report also proposes an examination of the "unification of punishment", addressing prison terms particular to Japan, as they relate to the international standards of imprisonment. |