Female drug abusers, narcotics offenders, and legal punishment in China

Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong; Taylor, Melanie

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.02.007

Cited by 14 publications

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“…In general, the significant variables demonstrated that it is legal factors that have a critical influence on Chinese judges' decisions in criminal trials. Our findings correspond to prior studies, which found that criminal justice decisions made by Chinese judges are most likely based on legal factors (Liang, Lu, & Taylor, 2009;Lu, Liang, & Liu, 2013).…”

Section: General Multilevel-multivariate Analysissupporting

confidence: 91%

Judges’ Gender and Sentencing in China: An Empirical Inquiry

Wei

Xiong

2019

Feminist Criminology

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Although mixed results regarding judges’ gender disparity in sentencing have been uncovered globally by comparatists, China has yet to be considered. Based on documents of adjudication decisions collected from two cities, we examined district court judges’ sentencing decisions. Multilevel-multivariate analysis reveals negligible differences between male and female judges. We conclude that the similarities in the decision to incarcerate can be explained by the harmonious “Iron Triangle” relationship among the police, the procuratorate, and the court. We also indicate that the Sentencing Guidelines and the Adjudication Committee are mechanisms that shape judicial behaviors in the same direction.

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Section: General Multilevel-multivariate Analysissupporting

confidence: 91%

Judges’ Gender and Sentencing in China: An Empirical Inquiry

Wei

Xiong

2019

Feminist Criminology

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“…Notes on crimes such as drug use and prostitution among women (e.g., Gil, Wang, Anderson, & Guao, 1994;Liang, Lu, & Taylor, 2009;Lu & Liang, 2008). Because of such selective policing, women are more likely to be incarcerated because of drug use and prostitution.…”

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Prison Inmates’ Suicidal Ideation in China: A Study of Gender Differences and Their Impact

Zhang

Liang

Zhou³

et al. 2009

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Suicide is one of the leading causes of inmate death, and many studies have explored suicidal risks among inmates in Western countries. Such studies, however, have been extremely rare in China. Because of China's unique cultural and social conditions, suicide displays many distinctive features and one of them is the greater percentage of women (than men) who commit suicide. With data collected from three adult prisons in China, this study tests gender differences on prison inmates' suicidal risk factors and explores the correlation of gender's impact with other factors. Findings show that male and female inmates present distinctive patterns of suicidal ideation, although gender fails to exert a significant direct impact on the outcome. The results call for different approaches and treatments toward both gender groups for suicide prevention in Chinese correctional facilities.

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“…Recently, several international research projects concerning the sentencing of female offenders have been published in English. Examples include Liang, Lu, and Taylor (2009) in China; Hartley, Kwak, Park, and Lee (2011) in South Korea; Hsu and Wu (2011) in Taiwan; Bond and Jeffries (2012) in Australia; and Kruttschnitt and Savolainen (2009) in Finland. However, these studies did not explore the effect of victim-offender relationships in sentencing of female offenders.…”

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Does the Victim–Offender Relationship Matter? Exploring the Sentencing of Female Homicide Offenders

Kim

Gerber

Kim

2016

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Empirical research pertaining to sentencing of homicide offenders has been restricted almost exclusively to samples of male offenders in the United States. To fill this void in international research and to explore questions regarding the treatment of female homicide offenders further, we examined the extent to which victim-offender relationships and motives independently affect the length of sentences imposed by analyzing a nationally representative sample of female offenders adjudicated guilty of homicide in South Korea, over the period 1986-2013. In contrast to previous studies conducted in Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States, the current study found that the victim-offender relationship has no affect on sentence lengths. Rather, the most significant predictor for the sentence lengths of the female homicide offenders was the motive for killing. We discuss future directions for international comparative research on the roles of victim-offender relationships and motives in sentencing outcomes of female offenders.

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Female drug abusers, narcotics offenders, and legal punishment in China

Cited by 14 publications

References 29 publications

Judges’ Gender and Sentencing in China: An Empirical Inquiry

Judges’ Gender and Sentencing in China: An Empirical Inquiry

Prison Inmates’ Suicidal Ideation in China: A Study of Gender Differences and Their Impact

Does the Victim–Offender Relationship Matter? Exploring the Sentencing of Female Homicide Offenders

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