In The Metamorphosis of Criminal Justice, Jacqueline S. Hodgson focuses on the potentially
radical and fundamental changes taking place within criminal justice in Britain and in France …

In 2016, China introduced an 'Admission of Guilt and Acceptance of Punishment'system
(known as 'plea leniency') premised primarily on the ideal of punishing crime efficiently while …

The judicial accountability reform in China introduced the concept of lifelong accountability,
which requires prosecutors to be responsible for the cases they handle by tying their …

Among Western studies of death penalty public opinion, one specific inquiry is on potential
gender differences between men and women. While many studies conducted in the United …

Different from “judicial repression,” stability justice targets ordinary individuals under the
guise of formal judicial procedures, to maintain both social stability and governance …

This article seeks to address the intensification of incarceration in Xi's China. By situating the
analysis of incarceration within the theory of penal politics, I ascribe the Chinese system of …

One fundamental mission of a criminal justice system is to protect innocent people from
being convicted of a crime that they did not commit. Studies of wrongful convictions and …

China's criminal proceedings have been recognized as being “investigation centred.” I
argue that the rise of the Plea Leniency System has led to “prosecution centredness.” …

This article employs the ecological theory of “boundary work and exchange” to elucidate the
latest reforms in China's procuratorial system, delineating the expanding remits of the …

This article interrogates the main events in procuratorial development from 1949 to 1961. Its
aim is to better understand the procuracy during the Maoist era by reframing debates about …