The police in occupation Japan : control, corruption and resistance to reform / Christopher Aldous.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

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This study focuses on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). Drawing on primary sources Aldous explores the Occupation's programme of 'democratization' and its legacy.

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Print version: Aldous, Christopher. Police in occupation Japan. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Studies of the police in Japan and elsewhere; The Japanese police and the American Occupation; The Occupation structure; Police and society; Methodology and sources; Foundations; A national police organization; Wide-ranging police powers; The police ethos; Police methods; Thought control; Wartime and the neighbourhood associations; The Kenpei; The Consequences of defeat; United States policies; The health of the police institution; Economic conditions.

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