Lena Y Zhong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4405253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lena Y Zhong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lena Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhong |
| SIGNATURE | ZHONG L Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2433-6310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are foreigners granted leniency? An analysis of drug sentencing in China
Drug crimes are socially and politically constructed phenomena that are frequently embedded in narratives about foreign threats and national security. Yet research on how nationality structures sentencing outcomes, particularly in China, remains limited. Analyzing 2804 first-instance drug crime judgments (2017–2019) from the Peking University Law Database, this study reveals a patterned and stratified relationship between nationality and punishme…
The Politics of Wrongful Convictions in China
Recently a series of high-profile wrongful convictions in China have undermined public confidence with the criminal justice system and the official stress on ‘ruling the country by law’. This article aims to further the scholarship on wrongful convictions in China by investigating the characteristics of 141 erroneous convictions (206 defendants) in which the defendants are declared factually innocent by a court. These cases allow an examination o…
Citizen co‐production of cyber security
Given the limited resources and capabilities of states to maintain cyber security, a variety of co‐production efforts have been made by individuals or by collectives, of varying degrees of organization and coordination. This article identifies different forms of citizen co‐production of cyber security and notes the risk of unintended consequences. Safeguards and principles are proposed in order to facilitate constructive citizen/netizen co‐produc…
Communities, Crime and Social Capital in Contemporary China
This book explores the theoretical and empirical dimensions of community crime prevention in China, examining in particular the role of social capital in a rapidly modernizing economic, social and political context. In doing so it provides a vivid picture of contemporary crime and crime control in China as well as analyzing the very particular Chinese approach to community crime prevention, looking at such social institutions as the household reg…
Community policing in China
Policing in China is by nature in the community, for the community, and by the community, as manifested in the ‘mass line’. With crime soaring and fear of crime growing in the reform era, policing in China encountered numerous challenges, and community policing was imported from the West. This paper first delineated the history of policing in China since 1949 and then used an example to illustrate what community policing is and how it could be im…
Citizen co‐production of cyber security
Given the limited resources and capabilities of states to maintain cyber security, a variety of co‐production efforts have been made by individuals or by collectives, of varying degrees of organization and coordination. This article identifies different forms of citizen co‐production of cyber security and notes the risk of unintended consequences. Safeguards and principles are proposed in order to facilitate constructive citizen/netizen co‐produc…
The Politics of Wrongful Convictions in China
Recently a series of high-profile wrongful convictions in China have undermined public confidence with the criminal justice system and the official stress on ‘ruling the country by law’. This article aims to further the scholarship on wrongful convictions in China by investigating the characteristics of 141 erroneous convictions (206 defendants) in which the defendants are declared factually innocent by a court. These cases allow an examination o…
Community policing in China
Policing in China is by nature in the community, for the community, and by the community, as manifested in the ‘mass line’. With crime soaring and fear of crime growing in the reform era, policing in China encountered numerous challenges, and community policing was imported from the West. This paper first delineated the history of policing in China since 1949 and then used an example to illustrate what community policing is and how it could be im…
Communities, Crime and Social Capital in Contemporary China
This book explores the theoretical and empirical dimensions of community crime prevention in China, examining in particular the role of social capital in a rapidly modernizing economic, social and political context. In doing so it provides a vivid picture of contemporary crime and crime control in China as well as analyzing the very particular Chinese approach to community crime prevention, looking at such social institutions as the household reg…
The Politics of Wrongful Convictions in China
Recently a series of high-profile wrongful convictions in China have undermined public confidence with the criminal justice system and the official stress on ‘ruling the country by law’. This article aims to further the scholarship on wrongful convictions in China by investigating the characteristics of 141 erroneous convictions (206 defendants) in which the defendants are declared factually innocent by a court. These cases allow an examination o…
Citizen co‐production of cyber security
Given the limited resources and capabilities of states to maintain cyber security, a variety of co‐production efforts have been made by individuals or by collectives, of varying degrees of organization and coordination. This article identifies different forms of citizen co‐production of cyber security and notes the risk of unintended consequences. Safeguards and principles are proposed in order to facilitate constructive citizen/netizen co‐produc…
Are foreigners granted leniency? An analysis of drug sentencing in China
Drug crimes are socially and politically constructed phenomena that are frequently embedded in narratives about foreign threats and national security. Yet research on how nationality structures sentencing outcomes, particularly in China, remains limited. Analyzing 2804 first-instance drug crime judgments (2017–2019) from the Peking University Law Database, this study reveals a patterned and stratified relationship between nationality and punishme…
China (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Business (1 work)