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> Low availability of drugs. You been to Roppongi recently? Drugs are being pushed everywhere by specific demographics (non Japanese working for the Yakuza).

by sasas 12y ago

> Low availability of drugs. You been to Roppongi recently? Drugs are being pushed everywhere by specific demographics (non Japanese working for the Yakuza). > Police culture. The police only move forward with an investigation if there is enough to go on, leading to a high conviction rate. Do you have a reference ? I suspect that's an incorrect statement. They have a high conviction rate due to putting people under duress. [1][2][3][4][5] [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20810572 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20810572 [2] http://californiainnocenceproject.org/2013/01/japan-concerned-over-false-confessions/ http://californiainnocenceproject.org/2013/01/japan-concerne... [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/world/asia/11japan.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/world/asia/11japan.html?pa... [4] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/world/asia/07iht-japan.1.5596308.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/world/asia/07iht-japan.1.5... [5] http://www.imadr.org/sayama/justice.html http://www.imadr.org/sayama/justice.html

cyorir 12y ago
Roppongi may have a significant drug trafficking problem, and you can probably find other such areas with similar problems (Shinjuku or Shibuya, perhaps?) but I think that for the most part these areas are the exception rather than the rule. There are many parts of Japan without the same drug problems. I should have said, "prosecutors move forward with a case" rather than, "police move forward with an investigation." The idea is that Japan has a lower prosecution rate than the US, due to a limited number of prosecutors and limited resources. I suspect that the difference in conviction rate arises from a variety of factors, including both lower prosecution rate and coercion. [0] http://kelley.iu.edu/riharbau/RePEc/iuk/wpaper/bepp2008-16-rasmusen-raghav-ramseyer.pdf http://kelley.iu.edu/riharbau/RePEc/iuk/wpaper/bepp2008-16-r...
- sasas 12y ago
  Thanks for the link, interesting read. Can't help but think back to reading forum posts of numerous gaijins being locked up for 3 weeks kept under duress in order to secure a confession. [0] [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_japanese_jail_ama/ http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_...

by sasas 12y ago

cyorir 12y ago

Roppongi may have a significant drug trafficking problem, and you can probably find other such areas with similar problems (Shinjuku or Shibuya, perhaps?) but I think that for the most part these areas are the exception rather than the rule. There are many parts of Japan without the same drug problems. I should have said, "prosecutors move forward with a case" rather than, "police move forward with an investigation." The idea is that Japan has a lower prosecution rate than the US, due to a limited number of prosecutors and limited resources. I suspect that the difference in conviction rate arises from a variety of factors, including both lower prosecution rate and coercion. [0] http://kelley.iu.edu/riharbau/RePEc/iuk/wpaper/bepp2008-16-rasmusen-raghav-ramseyer.pdf http://kelley.iu.edu/riharbau/RePEc/iuk/wpaper/bepp2008-16-r...

sasas 12y ago
Thanks for the link, interesting read. Can't help but think back to reading forum posts of numerous gaijins being locked up for 3 weeks kept under duress in order to secure a confession. [0] [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_japanese_jail_ama/ http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_...