NDLI: Towards the Lenient Justice? A Rise of ‘Harmonious’ Penality in Contemporary China

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Towards the Lenient Justice? A Rise of ‘Harmonious’ Penality in Contemporary China

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Li, Enshen
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Punishment in China has long been considered to be punitive; however, changes in Chinese criminal justice and penal policy since the early 2000s may reflect a move towards leniency. This is perhaps most evident in a new criminal justice policy of ‘Balancing Leniency and Harshness’ in the context of building a ‘socialist harmonious society’. This paper discusses the recent shifts in policy and practice in China’s minor case disposition system over the last decade. It focuses on de-criminalization and de-incarceration—the criminal justice strategies that state agencies have adopted to deal with minor offenders—to explain why and how a more lenient approach has arisen in the contemporary era and offers a critical examination of these two penal perspectives.
Starting Page	307
Ending Page	323
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18710131
Journal	Asian Journal of Criminology
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	1871014X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-04-11
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Penal leniency Balancing leniency and harshness Harmonious society Minor crime Community corrections Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences Political Science Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law

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