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postgraduate thesis: How does lowering the age of criminal responsibility matter in China?
Title | How does lowering the age of criminal responsibility matter in China? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Ye, S. [叶舒婷]. (2021). How does lowering the age of criminal responsibility matter in China?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | With the frequent exposure of cases of vicious crimes committed by underage minors, the
minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in China has been modified from 14 to 12 years
old. Why is this change in law important for China today? Is it because such crimes have become
more serious and need to be curbed? Or is it in line with the trend of the times? Many scholars
have debated the rationality of its decline, but little empirical research has been conducted.
Through in-depth interviews with eight frontline law enforcement officers, this article finds that
staff in different positions have different opinions and perspectives of thinking about the issue, and
discusses whether the lowering of the age of criminal liability can effectively serve as a deterrent
to punishment, and whether the modifying the age of criminal liability is the outcome of populist
justice, with a view to exploring its significance and importance for China.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Juvenile delinquency - China Criminal liability - China |
Dept/Program | Criminology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328169 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ye, Shuting | - |
dc.contributor.author | 叶舒婷 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-05T09:05:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-05T09:05:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ye, S. [叶舒婷]. (2021). How does lowering the age of criminal responsibility matter in China?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328169 | - |
dc.description.abstract | With the frequent exposure of cases of vicious crimes committed by underage minors, the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in China has been modified from 14 to 12 years old. Why is this change in law important for China today? Is it because such crimes have become more serious and need to be curbed? Or is it in line with the trend of the times? Many scholars have debated the rationality of its decline, but little empirical research has been conducted. Through in-depth interviews with eight frontline law enforcement officers, this article finds that staff in different positions have different opinions and perspectives of thinking about the issue, and discusses whether the lowering of the age of criminal liability can effectively serve as a deterrent to punishment, and whether the modifying the age of criminal liability is the outcome of populist justice, with a view to exploring its significance and importance for China. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Juvenile delinquency - China | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Criminal liability - China | - |
dc.title | How does lowering the age of criminal responsibility matter in China? | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Criminology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044427942203414 | - |