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The Japanese Police state: the Tokko in Interwar Japan

01 January 1991

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The Japanese Police state: the Tokko in Interwar Japan
libdoc November=1991

Author: Tipton Elise K
Publisher: Athlone Press 1990 pp. 209
Keywords: Japan Police

"In this first detailed study in English of the role of the
controversial and repressive Special Higher Police, or Tokko,
Elise Tipton argues that the police should be viewed not merely
as an administrative institution but as an agency of political
socialisation, which participated in setting political values and
behaviourial patterns for citizens. She asks three basic
questions: What were police perceptions of and policies toward
the political left during the 1920s and 1930s? What motivated
those perceptions and policies. What were the consequences of
those perceptions and policies - for the police, the left, and
the political system?" (Publishers text)

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