Confidence in the criminal justice system: Differences between citizens and criminal justice officials in China

Hu, Ming; Dai, Mengyan

doi:10.1177/1748895813505233

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“…The transition into professionalization at the upper policy level in policing was not fully transmitted into street level officers' practice. There were widespread incidents of police disrespecting the laws and brutally investigating crime, triggering repeated mass protests and violent demonstration events (Hu & Dai, 2014;Y. Li & Ma, 2010;Ma, 2003).…”

Section: Recent Developments In Chinese Policingmentioning

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Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Citizens in China

Lin

2017

International Criminal Justice Review

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Although a substantial number of studies have examined public attitudes toward the police, a relatively thin line of research has assessed police attitudes toward the citizenry in China. Using survey data collected from a sample of approximately 200 Chinese police officers, the current study examined the effects of police officers’ demographic characteristics, socialization and experience factors, and role orientations on officers’ attitudes toward citizen virtue, citizen cooperation with the police, and citizen input in police work. Results indicated that background and experience characteristics were ineffective in predicting the three aspects of officer attitudes toward citizens. Crime-fighting and service orientations were found to be related to officers’ attitudes toward the citizenry. Findings of this study enhance our understanding of police occupational attitudes in China and provide valuable implications for policy and future research.

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Section: Recent Developments In Chinese Policingmentioning

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Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Citizens in China

Lin

2017

International Criminal Justice Review

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“…The new ideological discourses that emerged in the 21st century emphasized relative tolerance and harmony (Hu & Dai, 2014). In October 2006, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party formally adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Some Important Issues concerning Building A Harmonious Socialist Society", which emphasized the criminal policy of "combining leniency with rigidity" (Liu, 2008).…”

Section: Since 2011: "Leniency To Those Who Confess" Vs "Privilege Ag...mentioning

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Obligation or Right? A Historical Comparison of the Criminal Confession System between China and the USA

Shuai

2023

BLR

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Confessions, as a type of criminal evidence, have played an important role in improving the detection and conviction of crimes. In 2012, Chinese lawmakers revised China's Criminal Procedure Law and added the defendant's privilege against self-incrimination. This reform with Western-inspired features has led to a heated controversy over the appropriate criminal confession system in China. The traditional Chinese system focuses on the obligation to confess and reward for confession, while the newly imported confession system from the United States focuses on the right to remain silent. To determine the appropriate policy, a thorough comparative analysis of the two confession systems from a historical and cultural perspective seems to be crucial. Specifically, comparative analysis and historical reviewing methods have been utilized in this study to explore the differences in the criminal confession systems between Chinese and the US contexts and thus to propose the future direction for improving the Chinese confession system. By tracing the origin of these two confession systems, this article examines the underlying criminal justice cultures that contribute to the diverse confession systems in detail. Given the changeable cultural influence along the historical river, this article then reviews the evolutional path of the "leniency to those who confess" in China and the "right to silence" in the United States, providing the specific provisions and implementation of two confession systems in various eras. Based on such complete knowledge of the specific cultural traditions and the resulting confession systems with which social and political contexts are involved, this study finally concludes the implications for developing the Chinese criminal confession system, especially from a localized perspective.

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“…The existing research on satisfaction with the police is extensive but focuses primarily on North American and European contexts, where citizens generally have positive perceptions of the police (Ren et al 2005). This situation seems to vary in other contexts, as shown by studies on India (Kumar 2019), Turkey (Karakus et al 2011), China (Hu and Dai 2014), Taiwan (Lai and Zhao 2016), and Japan (Cao et al 1998).…”

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Satisfaction with the Police in Chile: The Importance of Legitimacy and Fair Treatment

Dammert¹,

Elorrieta²,

Alda³

2021

Lat Am Polit Soc

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This study addresses a void in the literature on public attitudes toward police in Latin America. It integrates three theoretical models of the determinants of citizen satisfaction with police work in Chile: demographic, quality of life in the neighborhood, and experiential. The study tested the integrated model using a novel random sample of 996 individuals living in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. The results underscore the importance of legitimacy centered on fair treatment, respect for human rights, and the perception that the police represent society. The findings are also significant for the Chilean institutional political process and for the Latin American police reform debate.

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Confidence in the criminal justice system: Differences between citizens and criminal justice officials in China

Cited by 10 publications

References 51 publications

Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Citizens in China

Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Citizens in China

Obligation or Right? A Historical Comparison of the Criminal Confession System between China and the USA

Satisfaction with the Police in Chile: The Importance of Legitimacy and Fair Treatment

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