Punishment in Contemporary China

Informationen zum Autor Dr Enshen Li is a lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland. His research interests lie in the field of comparative criminal justice, theoretical criminology, socio-legal studies of punishment and society. Dr Enshen Li specializes in the Chinese criminal justice and penal system and their implications for culture and society. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the evolution, development and change of punishment, through the Maoist (1949-1977), reform (1978-2001) and post-reform eras (2002-) of China to understand the shaping and transformation of punishment within the context of social, political and economic processes and arrangements across different historical periods. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Punishment and Society in China, 2. Economic Modernization and Punishment: Strike-Hard Campaigns, Administrative Detention and the Underclass Population, 3. Populism and Punishment: Populist Penality with Chinese Characteristics, 4. The Emergence of Lenient Justice: New Penal Policy in Post-reform China, 5. Community Justice in Urban China: Civic Participation, Rehabilitative Ethos and Social Stability, 6. Community Corrections and Crime Prevention: Restorativeness v Managerialism, 7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Enshen Li, Enshen (University of Queensland Li
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781138485839
• ISBN: 978-1-138-48583-9
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South; Routledge Studies in Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment