On Government-leding Communicty Correction System

The community correction program is a humane, civilized, effective and economic way ofcriminal punishment, representing the world trend of criminal punishment reform. It iswelcomed by many countries. China started its own community correction programs in 2009. Asa relatively new program, it calls for a thorough research to address its problems. This thesis willuse comparative analysis, archive research, historical analysis, etc, to examine the main issuesreflected in the Chinese community correction program.This thesis is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter introduces the researchbackground, significance, research methods of the essay, and gives a critical summary of thedocuments related to the main problems existed in community correction.Chapter Two discusses the basic theory of community correction. This chapter includes a briefreview of the fundamental theory of community correction, exploring the rational factors ofcommunity correction, focusing on the analysis of related concepts about community correctionand detailing of the nature of community correction, further showing the significance ofcommunity correction program.Chapter Three recalls the development of government-led community correction programs inChina and some other countries. It has selected Canada and the United States to represent theforeign countries, combing its development of community correction, in particular, to explore itsexperience and historical lessons in terms of institutional arrangements and systems, from whichwe can learn the experience. We will review Chinese modern interpretation of communitycorrection and learn from the experiences and deficiencies.Chapter Four is on"government-leading community correction program and itsimprovement."This chapter details the management system of community correction, reveals theproblems and recommendations for improvement.Chapter Five discusses how social forces will support the community correction program. Theparticipation of social forces is the basic factor of the success of community correction program.This chapter focuses on the patterns and specific ways of social participation, and analyzes theprinciples of using social participation in community correction programs.Chapter Six focuses on the legislative process of building and maintaining community program in China. To promote community correction one needs the guarantee of legalinstitutions, which is exactly where the problems of China's community correction located. Theproblems are in urgent need to address. The beginning of this chapter outlines the necessity andpossibility of community correction programs. It then moves on to explore the modes ofcommunity correction legislation, how to take the legislative steps, and the main content ofcommunity correction legislation.The last chapter offers a brief summary of the main arguments of this thesis.