Research On The Female Crimes Of Homicide And Injury In The Early Period Of The Republic Of China(1912-1928)

Due to the lack of data records,the statistics of killing and injuring crimes committed by women in ancient China are not very large and the types of crimes are not clear.Provisions on such crimes are mostly scattered in the provisions of national laws,such as the "Thief Law" in the "Two-Year Law" in the Han bamboo slips,the "Fighting Lawsuit" and the "Thief Law" in the "Tang Law Review".Until the Qing Dynasty,a special chapter was set up in the Qing Law to provide more detailed provisions for such crimes.In the period of the Republic of China,the rulers refined the female crimes of killing and injuring on the basis of the Qing law,and divided them into two types: homicide and injury,including intentional homicide and manslaughter.According to the analysis of historical data,the main body of this kind of crime is mainly married women,and the target of crime is concentrated in family members,which has obvious "evil inversion" phenomenon.The main causes of this kind of crime are lack of education,occupation restriction,lack of legal relief,etc.At that time,in order to control the female crimes of killing and injuring,the government enacted the "Interim New Criminal Law" and the "Criminal Law of the Republic of China" in 1928.At the same time,family rules and regulations also played a certain role in the prevention and control of such crimes.The prevention and punishment of the female crimes of killing and injuring in the early period of the Republic of China provides useful reference for the treatment of the female homicide and injury crime in contemporary society.