Restorative Justice, Deviance and Crimes in Chinese Societies

Prof. Jin Sun is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Executive Director of the Social Governance & Sustainable Development Lab, and Deputy Director of the Public Policy Research Center at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His articles appear in the American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Socio-Economic Review, Asian Journal of Criminology, Journal of Chinese Governance, Policing & Society, Crime & Delinquency, and other journals. He received the best article award in Political Economy of the World-System and the distinguished article (honorable mention) award in Economic Sociology from the American Sociological Association.

Dr. Yan Zhang is Deputy Director of the Balzan Project at the Australian National University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), where he earned his PhD in criminology. His research covers restorative justice, qualitative methods, regulation, governance, and environmental justice. He is the Managing Editor of the Asian Journal of Criminology and an executive board member of the Asian Criminological Society.