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Female drug abusers, narcotics offenders, and legal punishment in China

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  • Liang, Bin
  • Lu, Hong
  • Taylor, Melanie

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Drug abuse and narcotics offenses have been surging since the economic reforms in China. Accompanied is the dramatic increase of female involvement in the use of drugs and narcotics offenses. As a response, laws and governmental decrees have been promulgated and modified to curb these emerging and changing crimes and social problems. Courts at all levels in China also devoted more resources in handling and processing these particular criminals and crimes. Whether and how these legal initiatives have been translated into punishment that treats male and female offenders equally who committed similar offenses remains questionable. Citing published criminal court judgment documents, this study addressed this issue empirically and offered some plausible theoretical explanations for the treatment of female drug users and narcotics offenders by criminal courts in China.

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  • Liang, Bin & Lu, Hong & Taylor, Melanie, 2009. "Female drug abusers, narcotics offenders, and legal punishment in China," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 133-141, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:37:y::i:2:p:133-141
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