Strike Hard! Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985

2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 906
Author(s):  
Melissa Macauley ◽  
Harold M. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Chinese Criminal Justice

The 1983 Strike-Hard Campaign in China: a Moral Panic?

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1220-1241
Author(s):  
Mengliang Dai
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Deep Insight ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Historical Materials ◽  
Chinese Criminal Justice ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Though more than three decades have passed since the launch of Strike Hard in 1983, its impact on crimes remains. Most of the literature on the campaign so far has been theoretically and methodologically limited. Using historical materials and interview data, this paper establishes an integrated theoretical framework and aims at investigating whether and how a moral panic was constructed. This study argues that the top leader played a decisive role in engineering the moral panic during the 1983 Strike Hard operated through a top-down approach under the Chinese political structure. In short, exploring events from the perspective of moral panic, this study gives a deep insight into the Chinese criminal justice system in response to crimes.

Strike Hard: Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985

2000 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Michael W. Dowdle ◽  
Harold M. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Chinese Criminal Justice

scholarly journals Miscarriages of Justice and the Construction of Criminality in the People’s Republic of China

Amicus Curiae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-267
Author(s):  
Yu Mou
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Wrongful Convictions ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Media ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Chinese Criminal Justice

Another high-profile miscarriage of justice was reported recently by the media in China, highlighting widespread issues concerning torture and other police malpractices within the Chinese criminal justice system. Drawing from analysis in my book on the Construction of Guilt in China, this Note outlines the key drawbacks of the Chinese criminal process which contribute to wrongful convictions, namely that none of the legal institutions exhibits the autonomy to check the credibility of the evidence impartially. Alongside the problems caused by miscarriages of justice, they are also indicative of the symptoms of a weak criminal justice system, thereby opening up opportunities for future reforms. Keywords: miscarriages of justice; China; criminal justice; case construction.

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