Department of Sociology & Anthropology, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2021 Mar;65(4):458-479. doi: 10.1177/0306624X20944684. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Two types of judicial errors-convicting an innocent person or acquitting a guilty person-challenge the integrity and legitimacy of criminal justice. How citizens view these errors plays an important role in criminal justice policy. Utilizing data from a national survey, this study applies the established Western theories to explore the correlates of public attitudes regarding the relative acceptance of wrongful convictions and erroneous acquittals in contemporary China. The findings lend support to both constructionist/conflict and symbolic theories.
两种类型的司法错误——错误定罪或错误无罪释放——挑战了刑事司法的公正性和合法性。公民对这些错误的看法在刑事司法政策中起着重要作用。本研究利用全国性调查数据，将西方已确立的理论应用于探究当代中国公众对错误定罪和错误无罪释放相对可接受性的态度相关因素。研究结果既支持建构/冲突理论，也支持象征性理论。
