China’s Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century

Authors

Bin LiangFollow
Hong Lu, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Bin Liang, Hong Lu, & Roger Hood (Eds.)

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

The Death Penalty in China, Policy, Practice and Reform

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Publisher Location

New York, NY

First page number:

327

Last page number:

350

Abstract

China currently leads the world in death sentences and executions, making it a primary target for the global abolition movement. While the results have been subtle, anti-death penalty advocates are beginning to influence Chinese attitudes toward the practice, as well as law. Conducting an interdisciplinary and comparative study of China's death penalty as the country heads toward reform, this book explains what it took to advance reforms to limit death sentences and executions, while identifying the challenges that prevent more extensive progress

Repository Citation

Liang, B., Lu, H. (2016). China’s Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century. In Bin Liang, Hong Lu, & Roger Hood (Eds.), The Death Penalty in China, Policy, Practice and Reform 327-350. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.