Incarceration in The People's Republic of China

Functions and Implications

Bibliographic Data

ID6193113
AuthorsElmer H Johnson (corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume8
Issue1-2
Pages141-149
Publication date1984-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01924036.1984.9688793
OpenAlexW2007437326
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

This paper delineates the place and functions of incarceration in the People's Republic of China. The comparative research on the topic will be particularly promising because those functions are grounded in a unique macro-control system framed to promote concurrently, first, the mobilization of the Chinese people in building a strong socialist society and, second, the management of broadly defined deviance. Observation of three correctional institutions is used to lend substance to the analysis. Because of the great difficulties to be overcome before valid comparative research can be accomplished, the paper is limited to justifying advocacy of future research on the implications of incarceration patterns in the People's Republic

China · Comparative research · Criminology · People's Republic · Political science · Social science · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law

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