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A Restorative Justice Audit of the Chinese Criminal Justice System.

Zhang, Xinzhou
June 4, 2015

Source: (2005) Restorative Justice Online. October 2005 Edition.

The Chinese Criminal Justice System is very different from Western models. While it is often characterized as punitive and retributive, the Chinese system does involve some restorative elements. Xinzhou Zhang, a Chinese police officer, prepared this audit while earning his Msc in Criminal Justice and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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