Non-Institutional Treatment of Offenders -- Chinese Style (From Resource Material Series No. 32: UNAFEI P 176-178, 1987, Hideo Utsuro, ed. -- See NCJ-115682)

• NCJ Number: 115695
• Author(s): S Yongxin
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 3 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

This article reports on types of non-institutional treatment of offenders used in the People's Republic of China, emphasizing control and surveillance and comprehensive treatment.

Abstract

Control and surveillance is one of China's five major criminal punishments. The offender is not incarcerated, but instead spends a minimum of three months to a maximum of two years under the control of law enforcement units and public surveillance. Crimes punishable by control and surveillance include disturbing social order, stealing, swindling, and robbing. Offenders under this sentence do not lose their political rights and are paid their regular salaries. Comprehensive treatment enlists the entire community to simultaneously prevent and punish juvenile delinquency. The article concludes by identifying lack of governmental coordination as the biggest problem in implementing comprehensive treatment.