Citation

Shen A, Hall S. Int. J. Law Crime Justice 2015; 43(2): 273-291.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijlcj.2014.09.004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article contextualises the pattern and nature of youth offending in contemporary China and explores the philosophical bases, policy and practices of Chinese youth justice. It concludes that in many important ways youth offending in China echoes that of the Western industrialised countries, despite China's unique environments. Chinese youth justice does not differ formally from that of the Western nations. The challenges posed in understanding and tackling youth offending in China today demand the suspension of assumptions, a move beyond simplistic forms of cultural pluralism and the extension of sophisticated criminological research and theorisation into specific aspects of the subject. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW: Juvenile justice

Language: en