Death Penalty Disposition in China: What Matters?

In theory, sentencing decisions should be driven by legal factors, not extra-legal factors. However, some empirical research on the death penalty in the United States shows significant relationships between offender and victim characteristics and death sentence decisions. Despite the fact that China...

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Main Author: Li, Yudu (Author)
Contributors: Longmire, Dennis ; Lu, Hong
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Beziehung
China
Death penalty
Gender
Opfer
Race
Todesstrafe
Täter
Victim–offender relationship

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