Severe and Swift Justice in China

Trevaskes, Susan

doi:10.1093/bjc/azl032

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“…Cast as a means to help achieve reform, anticrime campaigns employed the retributive potency of “severe and swift punishment” to help secure the social stability on which China's burgeoning market economy depended. The policy of “severe and swift” ( congzhong congkuai ) punishment became the leitmotif of campaign justice and was a leading cause of the high number of executions in China for close to three decades (Trevaskes 2007a, 2007b, 2008, 2010). As this anticrime campaign policy was extended further across the country, the number of executions rose correspondingly 1 .…”

Section: From Striking Hard To Striking a Balancementioning

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The Shifting Sands of Punishment in China in the Era of “Harmonious Society”

Trevaskes

2010

Law &Amp; Policy

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This article about the politics of punishment in China today follows some of the political machinations involved in the development of a new policy called “Balancing Leniency and Severity.” It treats this new policy as an exemplar of how politics works in the Hu Jintao era to change the way crimes are addressed in judicial decision making. This paper underscores the important ways in which political ideology informs criminal justice policy and practice in China. It examines a number of stages of development within the last decade during which Balancing Leniency and Severity has emerged as a foundational criminal justice policy.

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Section: From Striking Hard To Striking a Balancementioning

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The Shifting Sands of Punishment in China in the Era of “Harmonious Society”

Trevaskes

2010

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“…3 The PRC is as good a place as any to begin enquiries about crime, criminology and the Orient. Fortunately, Carol Jones (2005) usefully traced the history of crime and criminal justice in that country over the latter half of the twentieth century, and this work is wonderfully supported and supplemented by the work of Susan Trevaskes (2007a) and others. According to Jones, 'talk about crime in China cannot be understood outside its political context' (Jones 2005, p 179).…”

Section: Crime and Crime Control In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, Trevaskes (2007a) noted that these figures needed to be placed in context. Significantly, many 'public order offences' were not counted as crimes at all and instead were punished through the administrative system of 'reform through education' (see also Jones 2005).…”

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Transnationalisation, Orientalism and Crime

Sheptycki

2008

Asian Criminology

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The paper begins with the question: how applicable are European and North American criminological theories to the situation in Asia? It takes a transnational and comparative perspective in relating contemporary and historical trends in crime, crime definition and crime control in a variety of Asian countries that comprise the so-called Confucian sphere. It provides a criminological critique of the 'Asian values debate' and, through an analysis of trends in crime, crime definition and crime control in China and Japan, of organised crime across the region, as well as selected examples of state-organised crime, seeks to provide a perspective on the developing criminological discourses of 'the Orient'. The paper argues that, although cultural aspects are important and interesting in understanding the crime situation in the region, ultimately it is changes in politics and governance, economy and society that are most efficacious in explaining current criminological trends and developments.

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“…This was particularly true during the strike-hard campaigns of the 1980s and the 1990s. In several publications, Trevaskes [24][25][26][27][28][29] described the symbolism of public trials and sentencing rallies and their important functions of education and propaganda. Trevaskes [26] also discussed the use of public trials and rallies as means of social control in China through the use of dramatic displays and messages that reinforced community and legal norms, as demonstrated during the intense periods of the strike-hard campaigns.…”

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Courts and sentencing research on contemporary China

Kelly

2008

Crime Law Soc Change

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As a leading player in the international community and the projected economic powerhouse in the twenty-first century, China's significance in the international community has been recognized around the world. The construction of its legal system, particularly the criminal justice system, has also received increasing global attention. As the cornerstone of the criminal justice system, the courts and sentencing laws and practices underlie many of the fundamental ideas of a fair and just legal system. This article reviews research on courts and sentencing in contemporary China published after 1990, focusing on the following three areas: (1) research on law and legal reforms with regard to courts and sentencing; (2) research on the determinants of criminal sentencing; and (3) research on capital punishment.

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Severe and Swift Justice in China

Cited by 53 publications

References 6 publications

The Shifting Sands of Punishment in China in the Era of “Harmonious Society”

The Shifting Sands of Punishment in China in the Era of “Harmonious Society”

Transnationalisation, Orientalism and Crime

Courts and sentencing research on contemporary China

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