Governance, Social Control and Legal Reform in China

Community Sanctions and Measures
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-71863-7
Verlag: Birkhäuser

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia

This book outlines how community sentences and early release options are administered in China. Chen provides empirical insights into the emerging community sector of the Chinese penal system, and illustrates how Chinese criminal courts decide between imprisonment and community sentences. Drawing on interviews with government and non-governmental supervisors, this methodological and rigorous study offers an in-depth discussion of the enforcement of these community sanctions and measures (CSM). By using the CSM reform as an example, this book illustrates the adaptation of Chinese governance and social control. Ultimately, Chen argues that the current model of governance in China (disciplinary governance) cannot guarantee an effective state-agent relationship; it also denies local governments sufficient legitimacy to secure social stability. Finally, proposing that only the rule of law and an active judiciary can complement these two deficiencies, this book will be of great interest to scholars of criminology, law, and penology, as well as anyone who is interested in how China is held together in a socio-legal sense.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Qi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Liberal Governance, Social Control and CSM.- Chapter 3. Disciplinary Governance and Social Control in China.- Chapter 4. The Imposition of CSM in China.- Chapter 5. The Implementation of CSM in China.- Chapter 6. Reshaping Disciplinary Governance through Legal Reform: Lessons from CSM and beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Qi Chen is Lecturer in Law and Criminology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.