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Chinese netizens' opinions on death sentences : an empirical examination / Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liang, Bin, author.
- Series:
- China understandings today
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--China--Public opinion--21st century.
- Capital punishment.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--China--Case studies.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Online social networks--Political aspects--China.
- Online social networks.
- Online social networks--Political aspects.
- Public opinion.
- China.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Few social issues have received more public attention and scholarly debate than the death penalty. While the abolitionist movement has made a successful stride in recent decades, a small number of countries remain committed to the death penalty and impose it with a relatively high frequency. In this regard, the People's Republic of China no doubt leads the world in both numbers of death sentences and executions. Despite being the largest user of the death penalty, China has never conducted a national poll on citizens' opinions toward capital punishment, while claiming "overwhelming public support" as a major justification for its retention and use. Chinese Netizens' Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination uses a forum of public comments to explore and examine Chinese netizens' opinions on the death penalty. Based on a content analysis of 38,512 comments collected from 63 cases in 2015, this study examines the diversity and rationales of netizens' opinions, netizens' interactions, and their evaluation of China's criminal justice system. In addition, the book discusses China's social, systemic, and structural problems and critically examines the rationality of netizens' opinions based on Habermas's communicative rationality framework. Readers will be able to contextualize Chinese netizens' discussions and draw conclusions about commonalities and uniqueness of China's death penalty practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-322) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472129287
- 0472129287
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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