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1007730
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b762100
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| Main Entry
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Hill, Peter B. E.
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| Title & Author
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The Japanese mafia : : Yakuza, law, and the state /\ Peter B.E. Hill.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2003.
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xi, 323 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0199257523
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: 0199291616
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: 9780199257522
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: 9780199291618
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index.
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| Contents
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Mafias and the state -- Yakuza evolution -- The modern Yakuza--structure and organisation -- Shinogi--sources of income -- The Bōtaihō -- Heisei Yakuza: burst bubble and Bōtaihō -- Yakuza, law and the state.
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| Abstract
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"The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had a considerable influence on Japanese society over the past fifty years. Based on extensive Japanese language source material and interviews with criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and scholars, this is the first English language academic monograph to analyse Japan's criminal syndicates."--Jacket.
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Organized crime-- Law and legislation-- Japan.
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Organized crime-- Japan-- Prevention.
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Yakuza-- Economic aspects-- Japan.
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Yakuza-- Government policy-- Japan.
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Yakuza-- Japan-- History.
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71.65 criminality as a social problem.
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Criminality.
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Japan.
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Mafia.
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Organized crime-- Law and legislation.
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Organized crime-- Prevention.
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Organized crime.
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Yakuza.
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Georganiseerde misdaad.
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1060952
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| LC Classification
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HV6453.J33Y354 2003
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71.65bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Yakuza, law, and the state
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