Propaganda work in Chinese courts: Public trials and sentencing rallies as sites of expressive punishment and public education in the People's Republic of China

Punishment and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-21

  Trevaskes, Susan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China trials; Courts; Punishment; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744434175     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474504039087     Document Type: Article

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