CHINA (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 1, NEGLIGENCE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LAW, EASTERN-BLOC COUNTRIES - SEE NCJ-31189)

• NCJ Number: 31193
• Author(s): R DEKKERS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey (Cross-Cultural)
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium

Annotation

BRIEF OUTLINE OF SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION TO EXPLAIN WHY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS A VERY LOW CRIME RATE AND DOES NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE WEST.

Abstract

THE APPROACH TO CRIME PROBLEMS IN CHINA IS EDUCATIONAL RATHER THAN REPRESSIVE. DESCRIBED ARE IMPRESSIONS GATHERED BY A BELGIAN VISITOR TO CHINA, INCLUDING COURT AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. INCLUDED IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CHINA, THE SOVIET UNION, AND OTHER EASTERN-BLOC COUNTRIES. --IN FRENCH