Judges' gender and sentencing in China: An empirical inquiry

S Wei, M Xiong - Feminist Criminology, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although mixed results regarding judges' gender disparity in sentencing have been
uncovered globally by comparatists, China has yet to be considered. Based on documents …

[HTML][HTML] Public debate on facial recognition technologies in China

TG Brown, A Statman, C Sui - 2021 - mit-serc.pubpub.org
China's ascent on the global stage in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial
recognition has been widely noted in Western-language scholarship and media. Much of the …

Is a plea really a bargain? An empirical study of six cities in China

Y Wu - Asian Journal of Criminology, 2020 - Springer
There is a belief in the criminal justice system that it is better to take a plea offer to avoid
uncertain consequences than risk going to trial. Prior studies using the data in Anglo …

In the name of prevention? Policing 'social dangerousness' through arrest in China

E Li - Social & Legal Studies, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past half-century, the nexus between risk and prevention has increasingly become
a constant preoccupation among many criminal justice regimes around the globe. In China …

Unequal treatment in pretrial detention in China

M Xiong, S Wei - British Journal of Criminology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Forward-leaning policing and stability maintenance: The politics of penal control in Xi's China

E Li - Punishment & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article seeks to address the intensification of incarceration in Xi's China. By situating the
analysis of incarceration within the theory of penal politics, I ascribe the Chinese system of …

Combating crime with the help of criminalistics

E Smakhtin, R Sharapov - BRICS Law Journal, 2018 - cyberleninka.ru
This comparative study examines the issue of combating crime with criminalistic methods. It
focuses on the role and significance of criminalistics in the system of substantive and …

Do the “Haves” come out ahead in China's prisons?–An empirical study of China's commutation procedures

X Lin, W Shen - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2017 - Elsevier
Based on the empirical study on the commutation procedure at prison X, located in East
China's P city, this article highlights that during the period between 2011 and 2013, there …

The (in) distinction between remand imprisonment and prison sentence: Revisiting pre-trial detention within Turkish youth justice system

N Kavur - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2021 - Elsevier
Around 3.3 million people worldwide are in pretrial detention, and 14 million people are held
in such detention per year. Despite the high numbers, remand imprisonment has received …

Transforming the culture of Chinese prosecutors through guiding cases

C Hawes - New Criminal Law Review, 2020 - online.ucpress.edu
Public prosecutors are a key element within the legal complex, and crucial to the effective
implementation of legal reforms. China's procurators (public prosecutors) have previously …