The book offers a distinctive examination of criminal trials in China, presenting a model for analyzing the country's criminal justice system. It highlights methodologies that can be applied to other extensive national studies, providing insights into the complexities and functioning of legal proceedings in a significant global context.
Reinventing the Wheel is a timely study that examines Marx's and Durkheim's perspectives on crime and criminals. These two seminal thinkers in economics and sociology wrote extensively on the causes and effects of crime, their implications for society, and the nature of social justice. Ni He provides a detailed analysis of their views and evaluates their applicability for contemporary research in the field of criminology. Theoretically rich and empirically sound, this work will stimulate sociologists, criminologists, and social historians.