There is a lack of publications on corrections in Asia in English language journals. This special issue was taken to fill this void. This introduction briefly states the reasons for the issue and its manuscript reviewing process. There are six papers in this issue, covering institutional corrections and community corrections in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.
CaoL.CullenF. (2001). Thinking about crime and control: A comparative study of Chinese and American Ideology. International Criminal Justice Review, 11, 58-81.
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JiangS.Fisher-GiorlandoM. (2002). Inmate misconduct: A test of the deprivation, importation, and situational models. The Prison Journal, 82, 335-358.
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JiangS.LambertE. (2012). An introduction: Social control in Asian countries. Asian Journal of Criminology, 7, 101-105.
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JiangS.WinfreeL. T.Jr. (2006). Social support, gender, and inmate adjustment to prison life: Insights from a national sample. The Prison Journal, 86, 32-55.
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JohnsonD. T.ZimringF. E. (2009). The next frontier: National development, political change, and the death penalty. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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LehenyD.LiuS. (2010). The politics of crime, punishment, and social order in East Asia. The Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 6, 239-258.
