TY - BOOK AU - Liang,Bin AU - Lu,Hong AU - Hood,Roger TI - The death penalty in China: policy, practice, and reform SN - 9780231540810 AV - HV8699.C6 D434 2016 U1 - 364.660951 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - China KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - True Crime KW - ukslc KW - thema KW - Social services & welfare, criminology KW - Penology & punishment KW - Sentencing & punishment N1 - Previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Featuring experts from Europe, Australia, Japan, China, and the United States, this comparative study follows changes in the theory and policy of China's death penalty from the Mao era (1949-1979) through the Deng era (1980-1997) and up to the present day ER -