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100 1 $aDikötter, Frank.
245 10 $aCrime, punishment, and the prison in modern China /$cFrank Dikötter.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$cc2002.
300 $axvi, 441 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 393-422) and indexes.
505 0 $a1. Introduction. --Pt. 1. The emergence of a modern penal system --2. The movement for prison reform in the Late Qing (1895-1911) -- 3. Civil prisons in early Republican China (1911-27) -- The Ministry of Justice and prison reform -- Capital crimes: crime and punishment in Beijing -- Prisons under the Beiyang governments: The examples of Fengtian and Jiangsu Provinces -- Pt. 2. Science, crime and punishment under the Guomindang -- 4. The science of punishment (1927-49) -- To secure and cure: penal philosophy in Republican China -- The virtues of industry: work in the prison -- Sex in the prison -- Walls and bars: the silent weight of prison architecture -- Wayward children: juvenile correctional policy -- The final punishment: the debate over the death penalty -- 5. The science of crime (1927-49) 'Homo criminalis": the rise of criminology -- Heredity, environment and individual responsibility in criminology -- Born criminals: eugenics and the biology of crime -- The measurement of crime: fieldwork in the prison -- The transparency of crime: Yu Xiuhao and the science of criminal investigation -- The imprint of crime: criminal identity, fingerprints and forensic medicine -- Pt. 3. Prison reform under the Guomindang -- 6. Prison reform in the Nanjing Decade (1927-37) -- Life behind bars: prisons during the Nanjing decade -- Political offenders and the prison system -- Prison reform at the country level -- Ward Road Gaol, Shanghai -- 7. The prison system during the war (1939-49) -- The destruction of prisons and the release of prisoners -- Prison reform during the war -- The Red Cross and prisoners of war -- Convict colonies and the reclamation of wasteland -- Prisons in occupied China -- Reconstruction after the war -- The arrival of the communists. --Appendixes -- A. Modern prisons -- B. Rules governing the administration of prisons.
520 $aThe book "examines the radical changes in Chinese society during the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of the Chinese prison system."
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