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<p>Public participation is critical in shaping criminal justice policy. Criminal Justice Participation (CJP) refers to behaviors that may influence policy, including participation in online petitions and demonstrations. A previous comparative study showed that the proportion of individuals who had engaged in CJP was higher in the US compared to Japan. However, no such comparisons have been made within Asian societies. Against this backdrop, the current study compared Japan and South Korea. Analysis of data from 309 Japanese and 300 Korean participants revealed that (1) the proportion of people who had engaged in at least one CJP behavior in the past year was 11.3% in Japan, compared to 56.3% in South Korea. Furthermore, no psychological variables showed significant associations with CJP in Japan, while, in South Korea, internal efficacy and external efficacy toward courts showed significant associations. These results indicate that, even among countries within the same Asian region, differences exist in both the prevalence and correlates of CJP, suggesting that the simple East vs. West dichotomy is inadequate.</p>

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Criminal justice participation by lay people: A comparative study of Japan and South Korea

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    2025年12月6日

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  • Tomoya Mukai,
  • Eunkyung Cho

摘要

Public participation is critical in shaping criminal justice policy. Criminal Justice Participation (CJP) refers to behaviors that may influence policy, including participation in online petitions and demonstrations. A previous comparative study showed that the proportion of individuals who had engaged in CJP was higher in the US compared to Japan. However, no such comparisons have been made within Asian societies. Against this backdrop, the current study compared Japan and South Korea. Analysis of data from 309 Japanese and 300 Korean participants revealed that (1) the proportion of people who had engaged in at least one CJP behavior in the past year was 11.3% in Japan, compared to 56.3% in South Korea. Furthermore, no psychological variables showed significant associations with CJP in Japan, while, in South Korea, internal efficacy and external efficacy toward courts showed significant associations. These results indicate that, even among countries within the same Asian region, differences exist in both the prevalence and correlates of CJP, suggesting that the simple East vs. West dichotomy is inadequate.