LEADER 04141oam 2200625 a 450 001 996247984203316 005 20211005061815.0 010 $a0-674-05433-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674054332 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326009 035 $a(MH)011762080-7 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001335309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12507074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001335309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11273096 035 $a(PQKB)11041397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6676919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6676919 035 $a(DE-B1597)584940 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674054332 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326009 100 $a20081028d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCriminal justice in China $ea history /$fKlaus Muhlhahn$b[electronic resource] 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (365 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-351) and index. 327 $aThe right degree of pain : imperial China -- The prison regime : republican China -- Trials of terror : war and revolution -- Reform through labor : the communist state. 330 $aIn a groundbreaking work, Klaus Mühlhahn offers a comprehensive examination of the criminal justice system in modern China, an institution deeply rooted in politics, society, and culture. In late imperial China, flogging, tattooing, torture, and servitude were routine punishments. Sentences, including executions, were generally carried out in public. After 1905, in a drive to build a strong state and curtail pressure from the West, Chinese officials initiated major legal reforms. Physical punishments were replaced by fines and imprisonment. Capital punishment, though removed from the public sphere, remained in force for the worst crimes. Trials no longer relied on confessions obtained through torture but were instead held in open court and based on evidence. Prison reform became the centerpiece of an ambitious social-improvement program. After 1949, the Chinese communists developed their own definitions of criminality and new forms of punishment. People?s tribunals were convened before large crowds, which often participated in the proceedings. At the center of the socialist system was ?reform through labor,? and thousands of camps administered prison sentences. Eventually, the communist leadership used the camps to detain anyone who offended against the new society, and the ?crime? of counterrevolution was born. Mühlhahn reveals the broad contours of criminal justice from late imperial China to the Deng reform era and details the underlying values, successes and failures, and ultimate human costs of the system. Based on unprecedented research in Chinese archives and incorporating prisoner testimonies, witness reports, and interviews, this book is essential reading for understanding modern China. 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zChina$xHistory 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory$zChina 606 $aLaw - Non-U.S$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 606 $aLaw - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory. 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory 615 7$aLaw - Non-U.S. 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 615 7$aLaw - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica 676 $a364.951 700 $aMühlhahn$b Klaus$0622494 702 $aMèuhlhahn$b Klaus 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247984203316 996 $aCriminal justice in China$92343193 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress