The Japanese mafia : yakuza, law, and the state / Peter B.E. Hill.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199291618 (pbk.) :; 0199291616 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Yakuza -- Japan -- History | Yakuza -- Economic aspects -- Japan | Yakuza -- Government policy -- Japan | Organized crime -- Japan -- Prevention | Organized crime -- Law and legislation -- JapanDDC classification: 364.1'06'0952 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.
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Originally published: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.
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.
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