The death penalty in China : policy, practice, and reform / Bin Liang and Hong Lu, editors ; Roger Hood, foreword.
2016
KNQ3964 .D43 2016 (Mapit)
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Death penalty in China (Liang and Lu)
Title
The death penalty in China : policy, practice, and reform / Bin Liang and Hong Lu, editors ; Roger Hood, foreword.
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Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Description
xiv, 362 pages ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Roger Hood
China's Death Penalty Practice : Working Progress, Struggle, and Challenges Within the Global Abolition Movement / Bin Liang
The Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty / Hong Lu, Yudu Li, and Charlotte Hu
Crimes of Counterrevolution and Politicized Use of the Death Penalty during the Mao Era / Ning Zhang
China's Death Penalty in a State-Power-Based Society / Yunhai Wang
From "Killing Many" to "Killing Fewer" / Susan Trevaskes
The Abolitionist and Retentionist Debate / Zhigang Yu (translated by Charlotte Hu)
Guiding Cases for China's Death Penalty : Analysis and Reflection / Xingliang Chen (translated by Charlotte Hu)
The Death Penalty After the Restoration of Centralized Review : An Empirical Study of Capital Sentencing / Moulin Xiong
Public Opinion and the Death Penalty / Shanhe Jiang
Between Deference and Defiance : Courts and Penal Populism in Chinese Capital Cases / Hualing fu
Chinese Capital Punishment in Comparative Perspective / David T. Johnson and Michelle Miao
China's Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century / Bin Liang and Hong Lu.
China's Death Penalty Practice : Working Progress, Struggle, and Challenges Within the Global Abolition Movement / Bin Liang
The Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty / Hong Lu, Yudu Li, and Charlotte Hu
Crimes of Counterrevolution and Politicized Use of the Death Penalty during the Mao Era / Ning Zhang
China's Death Penalty in a State-Power-Based Society / Yunhai Wang
From "Killing Many" to "Killing Fewer" / Susan Trevaskes
The Abolitionist and Retentionist Debate / Zhigang Yu (translated by Charlotte Hu)
Guiding Cases for China's Death Penalty : Analysis and Reflection / Xingliang Chen (translated by Charlotte Hu)
The Death Penalty After the Restoration of Centralized Review : An Empirical Study of Capital Sentencing / Moulin Xiong
Public Opinion and the Death Penalty / Shanhe Jiang
Between Deference and Defiance : Courts and Penal Populism in Chinese Capital Cases / Hualing fu
Chinese Capital Punishment in Comparative Perspective / David T. Johnson and Michelle Miao
China's Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century / Bin Liang and Hong Lu.
Summary
China currently leads the world in death sentences and executions, making it a primary target for the global abolition movement. While the results have been subtle, anti-death penalty advocates are beginning to influence Chinese attitudes toward the practice, as well as law. Conducting an interdisciplinary and comparative study of China's death penalty as the country heads toward reform, this book explains what it took to advance reforms to limit death sentences and executions, while identifying the challenges that prevent more extensive progress. Featuring experts from Europe, Australia, Japan, China, and the United States, this collection follows changes in the theory and policy of China's death penalty from the Mao era (1949-1979) through the Deng era (1980-1997) up to the present day. Using empirical data, such as capital offender and offense profiles, temporal and regional variations in capital punishment, and the impact of social media on public opinion and reform, contributors relay both the particular character of China's death penalty practices and the incremental changes that indicate reform. They then compare the Chinese experience to other countries throughout Asia and the world, showing how change can be implemented even within a non-democratic and rigid political system, but also the dangers of pushing policies that society may not be ready to embrace. -- From Amazon's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Number
KNQ3964 .D43 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780231170062 hardcover alkaline paper
0231170068 hardcover alkaline paper
9780231170079 paperback alkaline paper
0231170076 paperback alkaline paper
9780231540810 electronic book
0231170068 hardcover alkaline paper
9780231170079 paperback alkaline paper
0231170076 paperback alkaline paper
9780231540810 electronic book
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