...This chapter discusses how rape is one of the most serious crimes in Chinese criminal law. Rape is classed as the sex crime of raping women, but also of forcing young girls to work as prostitutes, licentiousness, prostitution, incest, spreading pornographic videos and photos, and spreading sexually...

... to critiques of changes in the nature and application of criminal law. A number of conditions conducive to criminalising non-participation are already in place, it is argued, that anticipate more coercive forms of governing non-participation. This view is supported by legal argument that some alleged offences...

... Religion Islam Criminal Law Void Weddings Reform This chapter explores the debate on unregistered religious marriages. It will fall into three sections. The first part will outline how the unregistered religious marriage issue has arisen in public debate, looking at the empirical studies...

...This chapter analyses the position of criminal law in order to understand the dominance of the security discourse. In a morally coherent community, criminal law functions as a last resort — an ultimum remedium. This was the case until the 1970s. Due to rising crime figures...

..., network society without any obvious general philosophies of life. The current challenge is to formulate and reformulate our sentiments, ideas, and beliefs to keep each other on the right track. This requires norms and values, including habits, traditions, and the law. Criminal law can even be understood...

... to prostitution, and some projections on the future of prostitution in Taiwan. Moreover, a sketch of commercial sex in Taiwan is provided. Currently, the major regulations regarding prostitution include criminal law, the Social Order Maintenance Act (SOM), and the Act for Prevention of Child and Juvenile...

... A et al Metell B Nordenfors G Rejmer A Hester M and Radford L UN Women’s Convention legal position women Swedish criminal law family law sexual violence human rights child protection Det som händer What happens är förbjudet is forbidden det är så till den milda grad...

...’. The chapter explores the role of colonial criminal law in enforcing removal from lands, containment and assimilation. It outlines different modes of punishment which were introduced for Indigenous peoples. The chapter uses two examples to discuss the long-term criminogenic effects of colonialism: the forced...

... rights reparations international criminal law human rights issue anti-Black racism slavery This chapter further examines the case for reparations through a restorative justice and human rights lens. In doing so, it also applies a critical criminological perspective to examining the nature and type...