Public Support of Community Corrections in China

Abstract

There are a variety of factors that have been associated with support for the use of community corrections in the West. However, little research has been completed to examine if these same factors are also associated with support for the use of community corrections in China. This exploratory study examined the degree of agreement and support of 764 Chinese citizens on the use of community corrections methods. Results indicated that most respondents supported the use of community corrections methods rather than traditional incarceration methods. In addition, five attitudes (the punishment perspective, the rehabilitation perspective, the humanitarian perception, cost-effectiveness, and risk) toward the use of community corrections methods were examined and all were found to be significantly associated with the support of community corrections in present-day China.

Correlates of Organizational Commitment Among Community Correctional Officers in China

“…The study found that personal variables were not significant predictors of organizational commitment, which is consistent with the findings for U.S. institutional correctional staff (Hogan et al, 2013;Lambert & Hogan, 2010;Lambert et al,2013Lambert et al, , 2007Lambert et al, , 2006. This finding is also consistent with other attitude studies on Chinese correctional officers (Jiang et al, 2016;Jiang et al, 2015) and noncorrectional staff (e.g., Jiang, Lambert, & Nathan, 2009;Jiang, Sun, & Wang, 2012;Jiang, Wu, & Wang, 2013;Jiang et al, 2015; please also see Jiang et al, 2013 for a detailed explanation of why personal characteristics are generally not predictors of criminal justice attitudes in China).…”

An Exploratory Study of the Views of Supervision Strategies by Community Corrections Probationers in China

“…More recent publications that can contribute to the selection of variables are from Jiang and his colleagues. For example, Jiang et al (2015) examined the level of the public support for community corrections using survey data from 764 citizens in Hubei province, China. Jiang and his associates also investigated punitive and rehabilitative orientations toward offenders among correctional officers in China, as well as correctional officer job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and predictors of these attitudes (Jiang et al, 2016; Jiang, Lambert, Zhang, et al, 2018).…”

“…Previous studies have established that institutional factors are important predictors of officers’ attitudes toward organizations and jobs in community corrections (Jiang, Jin et al, 2016; Jiang, Lambert, Zhang et al, 2018; Jiang, Lambert et al, 2016; Jiang et al, 2015) and prison (Jiang, Lambert, Liu, & Zhang, 2018; Jiang, Lambert, Lui, Kelley et al, 2018; Liu, Lambert, Jiang, & Zhang, 2017) in China and prison in the United States (Lambert, 2004; Lambert & Hogan, 2009). Attitude studies among Chinese community corrections officers also showed that one type of work attitude often affected another work attitude.…”

Community Corrections Under the Principal Sources of Sentencing Decisions in China: The Challenges in Sentencing Practice

“…Li (2014) reviewed the objectives and scope of implementation, and the potential barriers faced. Jiang et al (2015) analysed the data of 764 Chinese citizens and found that most respondents supported community corrections. Meanwhile, Jiang, Lambert et al (2016) and evaluated data from a survey of 225 community corrections officers in a Chinese province.…”