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Conducting participant observation inside the prosecutor's office : understanding the dossier-based chinese criminal justice system / Yu Mou.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473962712 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.5105 23
LOC classification:
  • KNQ1572
Online resources: One of the most striking phenomena of criminal trials in China is the absence of witnesses. Investigation of this topic led to an examination of the functioning of the criminal dossiers, which carries this study through various stages of the Chinese criminal justice process. The primary research method used is participant observation, which is suitable to observe complex criminal processes within the legal institutions. Such an unstructured approach, the open-endedness and exploratory nature of participant observation enabled key issues in the field to be identified with sufficient flexibility.
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One of the most striking phenomena of criminal trials in China is the absence of witnesses. Investigation of this topic led to an examination of the functioning of the criminal dossiers, which carries this study through various stages of the Chinese criminal justice process. The primary research method used is participant observation, which is suitable to observe complex criminal processes within the legal institutions. Such an unstructured approach, the open-endedness and exploratory nature of participant observation enabled key issues in the field to be identified with sufficient flexibility.

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