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🚨How do legal professionals navigate restorative justice in China? Dr. Yan Zhang @Iancriminal from @ANURegNet extends motivational postures theory to show how competing ‘selves’ shape commitment, resistance and reform. Read full paper at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

Can AI-powered robots transform police patrolling? Professor Ivan Sun @UDelaware shares his expert perspective in an interview with the Daily Mail. dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

Happy Chinese New Year! 🎉 May the year bring good health, happiness, and success. We look forward to another remarkable year of learning, innovation, and shared accomplishments within our academic community 📷📷 youtube.com/shorts/qe4v0ls… via @YouTube

🥳 The ACCCJ Summer Delegation to Henan University is now calling for abstracts! If you’re interested in discussing criminology and criminal justice research in the era of AI, this is the place for you. More details, please contact Dr. Xinting Wang @XintingWang18

🎉 We hit ASC and interviewed amazing scholars and students! ✨ Huge thanks to everyone who took part — we’re so grateful for your time and insights! 🙌 Watch on the ACCCJ YouTube channel: youtu.be/CS05ZhHnI-8

Happy holidays!

🎊Prof. Jessica Li has also secured Research Grants Council (Hong Kong) funding for two impactful research projects addressing online sexual exploitation prevention and procedural justice and social inclusion among Chinese and ethnic minority youth and police officers🎇

🎉🥳Big congratulations to Prof. Jessica Li @HongKongPolyU on receiving the Humanity and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Award from the University of Grants Committee!

📣What if corruption isn’t just about money? New research by Prof. Hongming Cheng and colleague introduces the concept of “facework corruption”, arguing how face fuels, justifies, and normalizes white-collar crime in Chinese football 🎉 Full paper at: academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

🎉Dr. Shuai Wei @shuaiwei2 and his colleague have published a compelling new study on the digital construction of female athletes’ bodies on TikTok. This research offers a profound look at the "paradoxical space" of social media✨. Read the full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Had a wonderful time at #ASC2025 @ASCRM41! See you all next year in Chicago!

🎉🎉ACCCJ at ASC 2025！@ASCRM41

🔥The latest study by Prof. Moulin Xiong and his team examines how drug purity shapes death penalty outcomes in China, suggesting that a shift from weight-based to weight-purity-based sentencing could enhance the rationality of punishment. Full paper👉link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🥳Using GSS data, Dr. Sishi Wu @sishi_wu and her colleague compare two methods for estimating state-level views on the death penalty. They find that survey pooling matches state polls more closely, while MRP underestimates the level of support. Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

New from Dr. Yuliang Lu & Dr. Eddie Wei @shuaiwei2 @LivUniSLSJ🎉. The paper discusses how Chinese lesbian organisations sustain advocacy through “strategic advocacy progression,” modelling LGBTQ+ activism in restrictive context🌈 Full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

👏New from Prof. Min Xie @UMDCriminology and colleagues: 50 years of the NCVS! This review highlights its role in advancing understanding of crime, victimization, theory & methods, while charting how it can stay vital for the future of criminology. Read 👉 annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Also check out Dr. Zhang’s new paper on De Gu among the Yi people. The study highlights how justice in Liangshan integrates De Gu practices with state systems to advance social justice, due process, and the recognition of Indigenous culture💡link.springer.com/article/10.100…

☀️Exciting update! Dr. Yan Zhang @ANURegNet was recently interviewed by Nature on restorative justice in China. Read the interview here 👉nature.com/articles/d4158…