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Criminal justice in Japan——Forced to confess
日本的刑事司法：屈打成招
Suspects in Japanese police cells are far too vulnerable to abuse
日本监狱里的政治嫌犯极其脆弱，易受欺凌
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ON THE face of it Japan's system of criminal justice looks as if it gets a lot right. Crime rates are lower in Japan than almost anywhere else—the murder rate is less than a tenth of America's. Those arrested for minor wrongdoing are treated with exceptional leniency. Less than one in 20 Japanese deemed to have committed a penal offence go to prison, compared with one in three of those arrested in America, where the average jail term is much longer. In Japan the emphasis is on rehabilitation, especially of young offenders. The rates of recidivism are admirably low, partly because the state is adept at involving families in reforming those who stray.
日本的刑事司法体系表面看来是挺公正的。日本的犯罪率比大多数国家都要低得多——谋杀率连美国的十分之一都不到。那些由于轻微违法行为而入狱的人通常会得到特殊的宽大处理。犯了刑事罪的人中只有不到二十分之一的会进监狱，而这个比例在美国则是三分之一，且刑期也比日本长得多。日本注重的是对罪犯，尤其是对年轻罪犯的改造。惯犯的比例也是极其的低，部分原因在于日本在改造这些迷失自我的人时善于融入家庭的力量。
Yet the state's benign paternalism has a dark side. The chief reason the system looks good is that Japan is a remarkably safe society. And where once police worked closely with...
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