The Construction of Guilt in China: An Empirical Account of Routine Chinese Injustice
- Submitting institution
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School of Oriental and African Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 31654
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Hart Publishing
- ISBN
- 9781509913039
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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https://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509913053
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 18 - Law
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The Construction of Guilt in China presents an extensive and ground-breaking thesis that explores the functional deficiency of the Chinese criminal justice system. It is based on extensive fieldwork, particularly participant observation in local procuratorates, lasting over 180 days, and involving 42 interviews across 10 locations. Its original research into police case construction, the inner-working of the procuratorate, and prosecutorial discretion in the Chinese context, form the basis for a systematic evaluation of Chinese criminal justice. Its ground breaking contribution is recognized by the Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2020, the most prestigious British legal academic book prize.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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