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  • Framing Imprisonment Studies in China: Ideology, Law and Politics

    Author(s)
    Nesossi, Elisa
    Trevaskes, Sue
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Trevaskes, Sue E.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    In any justice system, decisions about the scope and punitive value of deprivation of liberty are intrinsically political, since the powers given to prisons to incarcerate individuals are directly linked to the power of the state and its institutions. Custodial punishment is justified as a way of protecting society from offenders, by isolating them from the community. In addition, in a number of modern systems of justice, the rehabilitation of offenders through labour or through education and training is also an acknowledged purpose of prison incarceration. Regardless of the political system in which prisons operate, the ...
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    In any justice system, decisions about the scope and punitive value of deprivation of liberty are intrinsically political, since the powers given to prisons to incarcerate individuals are directly linked to the power of the state and its institutions. Custodial punishment is justified as a way of protecting society from offenders, by isolating them from the community. In addition, in a number of modern systems of justice, the rehabilitation of offenders through labour or through education and training is also an acknowledged purpose of prison incarceration. Regardless of the political system in which prisons operate, the stated intentions of authorities ranging from protection to rehabilitation are communicated through certain discourses about punishment that relate to its intended societal good. Like other political systems, the Party-state in China sees it as its prerogative to define the scope and means for the effective realisation of its protective role over society, and to create sets of narratives about punishment to justify its choices. This means that institutions involved in the administration of justice negotiate their roles and responsibilities in the punishment arena around certain key concepts that rationalise political choices and, at least in theory, seek to circumscribe their roles and powers.
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    Book Title
    Legal Reforms and Deprivation of Liberty in Contemporary China
    Publisher URI
    https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317106067/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315592091-8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315592091
    Subject
    Criminology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/143198
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