Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China
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Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China
Hurst & Co, c2002
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 393-422
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An examination of the enormous changes in Chinese society in the first half of the 20th century through the lens of the Chinese prison system. More than a simple history of prison rules or penal administration, the text offers a social and cultural analysis of the Chinese prison system that explores the profound effects and lasting repercussions of superimposing Western-derived models of repentance and rehabilitation on traditional categories of crime and punishment. Frank Dikotter explores penal reform as a radical modern tool to achieve a traditional Chinese vision of social cohesion and the rule of virtue. He also offers insights into daily life behind bars. A world of petty villains, abusive guards, ambitious wardens and idealist reformers is revealed, giving flesh and bone to the more general story of the prison in China. Based on research and different sources, this is a cultural history of crime and of the prison, opening a window into a little-known aspect of late-19th- and early-20th-century China.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The emergence of a modern penal system (1895-1927): the prison reform movement in the late Qing (1895-1911)
- the model prisons during the warlord era (1911-27). Part 2 Science, crime and punishment under the Guomindang (1927-49): the science of punishment (1927-49)
- the science of crime (1927-49)
- prison reform in the Nanjing decade (1927-37)
- the prison system during the war (1937-49). Part 3 The penal system under the communists (1931-99): prisons in the red areas (1931-49)
- the emergence of the Laogai (1949-57)
- epilogue - crime and punishment in the PRC (1957-99).
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