Family Conferencing for Juvenile Offenders: A Singaporean Case Study in Restorative JusticeAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 8 - Trang 1-23 - 2012
Wing-Cheong Chan
Restorative justice has been or is being adopted in many parts of the world, including countries in Asia. In the case of Singapore, restorative justice was adopted by the court system in 1997 as its guiding philosophy in its approach towards juvenile offenders. This article traces the adoption of restorative justice by the Juvenile Court in Singapore and the use of family conferencing in the light...... hiện toàn bộ
The Differential Role of Stress on Police Officers’ Perceptions of MisconductAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 16 - Trang 213-233 - 2020
Guangzhen Wu, David A. Makin
This study examines the influence of stress, by way of subdimensions of anxiety, and depression, on police officers’ perceptions of the seriousness of various forms of misconduct in the context of China. Findings show that different dimensions of stress have differing effects on the level of seriousness ascribed, and those influences vary based on the type of unethical behavior. While depression r...... hiện toàn bộ
Support for the Death Penalty in Taiwan?: a Study of Value Conflict and AmbivalenceAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 15 - Trang 163-183 - 2019
Susyan Jou, Bill Hebenton
While a substantial number of studies have examined public opinion on the death penalty in the USA, and more recently parts of Asia, including China, very few empirical studies have considered support for the death penalty in Taiwan. This paper examines public attitudes in Taiwan and the role of ‘value conflict’ in attitudes to both death penalty abolition and in the context of alternatives. Using...... hiện toàn bộ
Examining the Fear of Victimization among Taiwanese InmatesAsian Journal of Criminology - Tập 15 - Trang 219-236 - 2020
Meng Ru Shih
Inmates have reported to have experienced the fear of victimization when they were incarcerated. Prior studies support the association among fear, victimization, and violence in correctional institutes. Research on prisoner’s fear of victimization has tended to focus mainly on either individual or structural factors, but rarely have both sources been examined simultaneously. Moreover, most of what...... hiện toàn bộ