From "Wenling Child Abuse Case" Legislation Relating To Ill-treatment Of Criminal Law In China

Child abuse has taken place frequently in China recently, which has caused widespread concern in the community."Wenling" child abuse case was paid much attention as a fuse. However, the case was withdrawn by the police and the party was given penalty for administration of Public Security eventually. The First Chapter analyzes the reason why it’s difficult to punish the party by current criminal rules considering "Wenling" child abuse. The Second Chapter explores status of our existing laws, regulations on the behavior of abusing child, and discusses necessity and feasibility of child abuse into criminal, and it is concluded that the child abuse should be into Regulation of Criminal Law. The Third Chapter describes expounds, compares and analysis two species ideas and three species view respectively on abuse child acts into criminal or not (The First is not to endorse abuse child acts into criminal; The Second is to incorporate acts of child abuse in criminal law by setting up a special offence "crime of child abuse"; Third is to acts of child abuse and other similar abuses included in both criminal regulations by improving existing abuse provisions in the criminal law). It was concluded that adjusting related regulations of original abuse in Penal Codes is the most effective criminal law measures to prevent abuse. By expanding the scope of abuse of subject and object through removing the authentication, increasing the original criminal penalties, revising the private prosecution, the Forth Chapter proposes SEVERAL sincere advice and suggestions.