Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China/ Frank Dikotter
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TextPublication details: New York: Columbia University Press, 2002Description: 441 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780231125086; 0231125089 Subject(s): Prisons | China | Imprisonment | PunishmentDDC classification: 364.951 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 364.951 DIK/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04539 |
1. Introduction. --
2. The movement for prison reform in the late Qing (1895-1911). --
3. Civil prisons in early Republican China (1911-1927). --
4. The science of punishment (1927-1949). --
4.1. To secure and cure: penal philosophy in Republican China. --
4.2. The virtues of industry: work in the prison. --
4.3. Sex in the prison. --
4.4. Walls and bars: the silent weight of prison architecture. --
4.5. Wayward children: juvenile correctional policy. --
4.6. The final punishment: the debate over the gallows. --
4.7. Prisons under the Beiyang Governments: the examples of Fengtian and Jiangsu Provinces. --
5. The science of crime (1927-1949). --
5.1. Homo criminalis: the rise of criminology. --
5.2. Heredity, environment and individual responsibility in criminology. --
5.3. Born criminals: eugenics and the biology of crime. --
5.4. The measure of crime: fieldwork in the prison. --
5.5. The transparency of crime: Yu Xiuhao and the science of criminal investigation. --
5.6. The imprint of crime: criminal identity, fingerprints and forensic medicine. --
6. Prison reform in the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937). --
6.1. The Ministry of Justice and penal administration under the Guomindang. --
6.2. Life behind bars: prisons during the Nanjing Decade. --
6.3. Political offenders and the prison system. --
6.4. Prison reform at the county level. --
6.5. Ward Road Gaol in Shanghai. --
7. The prison system during the War (1937-1949). --
7.1. The destruction of prisons and the release of prisoners. --
7.2. Prison reform during the War. --
7.3. The Red Cross and prisoners of war. --
7.4. Convict colonies and the reclamation of wasteland. --
7.5. Prisons in Occupied China. --
7.6. Reconstruction after the War. --
7.7. The arrival of the Communists. --
8. Conclusion. --
Appendix 1: List of Modern Prisons. --
Appendix 2: Prison Regulations.
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