RT Article
T1 Understanding Criminal Punishment and Prisons in China
JF The prison journal
VO 98
IS 6
SP 700
OP 721
A1 Wu, Wei
A2 Vander Beken, Tom 1968-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1742342426
AB This article provides an interpretation of the evolution of criminal punishment and prisons in China from an historical perspective. The historical investigation reveals that the current ganhua and paternalistic or fatherly approaches to prison corrections are expressions of an underlying cultural tradition that is deep and abiding. However, the existence of the paradoxical goals of punishment and reformation at the level of the implementation of prison sentences, which can erode the protection of the rights of prisoners, is contingent upon political and legal decisions that can be changed by acts of law and legal reform.
K1 China
K1 Criminal Punishment
K1 Prison
DO 10.1177/0032885518811818