RT Article
T1 Unequal treatment in pretrial detention in China
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 6
SP 1398
OP 1419
A1 Xiong, Moulin
A2 Wei, Shuai
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1564821633
AB Drawing on 4,098 documents concerning adjudication decisions from three district courts in China, this study reveals that white-collar offenders enjoy favourable treatment in pretrial detention. Using statistical analysis, the article reveals that suspects without resources and social status are significantly more likely to be detained before trial; the higher rates of self-surrender and good behaviour among white-collar offenders play a vital role in considerably lowering the possibility of detention; bailed white-collar offenders also have advantages over detained suspects in probation and sentencing outcomes. Unlike previous studies on the extralegal reasons as explanations for these findings, we expand our perspectives to include the law, shuanggui, flaws in evidence, resources, crime-control orientation policy and punitive culture in order to explain the disparities.
K1 Pre-trial detention
K1 White-collar crime
K1 Confession
K1 Probation
K1 China
K1 Vorverhandlung
K1 Geständnis
K1 Bewährung
K1 Wirtschaftskriminalität
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw060