Specific Chinese program approaches yielding low recidivism were identified. The rehabilitation or reform approach is based upon three major interventions: education, labor, and ideological instruction. The juvenile system comprises three phases, each dependent upon the seriousness of the crime committed. Inmates are motivated and strive to become…

Examines the treatment and education of juvenile offenders in two of the four types of Chinese juvenile correctional institutions, the reformatory and the work-study factory class. Discusses living conditions and food, discipline and punishments, informal peer surveillance, academic and vocational instruction, language of instruction, family…