@article{722917,
      recid = {722917},
      author = {He, Ni,},
      title = {Chinese criminal trials a comprehensive empirical inquiry  / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book provides a unique empirical study of criminal  trials in China. Western observers such as the media,  politicians and the legal scholars alike, have rarely had  the exposure to the vast majority of the ordinary criminal  trials in China. A number of legal reforms have been  implemented in Chinese criminal courts in recent years, but  there has been little research on whether these reforms  have been effective. This book fills that gap, by unveiling  the day-to-day reality of criminal cases tried by the  lowest level courts in China. The data used in this study  include hundreds of criminal trial observations, complete  criminal case dossiers, and a comprehensive questionnaire  survey of criminal justice practitioners from one large  province located in Chinas Southeast coast. These data were  collected over a two-year period, with a generous research  grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur  Foundation, by scholars already working in the Chinese  legal system. The work opens with a historical framework of  the Chinese criminal justice system, both Western and  Chinese interpretations, and an overview of the current  state of the system. It will provide unique analysis of how  criminal trials are being carried out in China, with a  useful context for scholars with varying levels of  familiarity with the current system. The research framework  for gathering data discussed in this book will also provide  a useful basis for studying the criminal justice system in  other regions.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/722917},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8205-5},
}