Pros And Cons Of Laojiao System
Criminological Perspectives:
Assessment on Laojiao System in China
Introduction
Punishment, prisons and incarceration play critical roles in our contemporary societies despite much criticism on their effectiveness of rehabilitation[1]. In China, there is a punishment system “Re-education through laboring” (Laojiao) enabling the police to sentence people who have committed minor offences to prison-like facilities without trial[2]. Reformed-minded law makers, judges and scholars both in China and foreign countries have been calling for the reformation of the system.
This essay serves for assessing the laojiao system from criminological perspectives and focusing on two questions, “Is laojiao a good prison system?” and ‘Should laojiao be reformed?”. It consists of five …show more content…
Rothman (1995), The Oxford History of the Prison, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Introduction, pp. vii – xiii p. 10
[20] Norval Morris, The Habitual Criminal (1951, reprinted 1973). Works examining habitual-offender laws include David Shichor and Dale K. Sechrest (eds.)
[21] V. Kappeler and G. Potter (2005) Chapter 12: Cons and Country Clubs: The Mythical Utility of Punishment, in The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, 4th edition, Long Grove, Waveland Press, Inc., page 290.
[22] Norval Morris and David J. Rothman (1995), The Oxford History of the Prison, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Introduction, pp. vii – xiii p. 10
[23] Nils Christie, A Suitable Amount of Crime, London, Routledge, 2004. Chapter 4, Incarceration as an answer, p. 63
[24] Nils Christie, A Suitable Amount of Crime, London, Routledge, 2004. Chapter 4, Incarceration as an answer, p. 64
[25] “The psychology of crime”, part 11, the treat of offenders, Philip Feldman(1993), University of Leeds
[26] “From education to re-education through labor, the origin of Chinese laojiao system, Huang HongShan, Wang HuiPing, vol 30, no. 3, Hebei Academic Journal, May
Assessment on Laojiao System in China
Introduction
Punishment, prisons and incarceration play critical roles in our contemporary societies despite much criticism on their effectiveness of rehabilitation[1]. In China, there is a punishment system “Re-education through laboring” (Laojiao) enabling the police to sentence people who have committed minor offences to prison-like facilities without trial[2]. Reformed-minded law makers, judges and scholars both in China and foreign countries have been calling for the reformation of the system.
This essay serves for assessing the laojiao system from criminological perspectives and focusing on two questions, “Is laojiao a good prison system?” and ‘Should laojiao be reformed?”. It consists of five …show more content…
Rothman (1995), The Oxford History of the Prison, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Introduction, pp. vii – xiii p. 10
[20] Norval Morris, The Habitual Criminal (1951, reprinted 1973). Works examining habitual-offender laws include David Shichor and Dale K. Sechrest (eds.)
[21] V. Kappeler and G. Potter (2005) Chapter 12: Cons and Country Clubs: The Mythical Utility of Punishment, in The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, 4th edition, Long Grove, Waveland Press, Inc., page 290.
[22] Norval Morris and David J. Rothman (1995), The Oxford History of the Prison, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Introduction, pp. vii – xiii p. 10
[23] Nils Christie, A Suitable Amount of Crime, London, Routledge, 2004. Chapter 4, Incarceration as an answer, p. 63
[24] Nils Christie, A Suitable Amount of Crime, London, Routledge, 2004. Chapter 4, Incarceration as an answer, p. 64
[25] “The psychology of crime”, part 11, the treat of offenders, Philip Feldman(1993), University of Leeds
[26] “From education to re-education through labor, the origin of Chinese laojiao system, Huang HongShan, Wang HuiPing, vol 30, no. 3, Hebei Academic Journal, May