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Authored Books

Mou, Yu (2020) The Construction of Guilt in China: An Empirical Account of Routine Chinese Injustice. Oxford: Hart. (Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law, Vol. 17)

Book Chapters

Mou, Yu and Chen, Hui (2024) 'Guilty Pleas and New Challenges to Criminal Defence Practices in China.' In: Li, Enshen, Yuan, Xiaoyu and Zhang, Yan, (eds.), Criminal Case Dispositions through Pleas in Greater China: Conception, Operation and Contradiction. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-94.

Mou, Yu (2024) 'Leniency for pleading guilty and acceptance of punishment: an overriding principle of Chinese criminal justice.' In: Langer, Máximo, McConville, Mike and Marsh, Luke, (eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 186-199.

Mou, Yu (2021) '英国刑事法律中关于性侵儿童案件的基本问题 (Rules and Principles on Sexual Offences against Children in the UK).' In: Wu, Hongyao, (ed.), 刑事法学研究 (Criminal Law Studies). Beijing: China University of Political Society and Law Press, pp. 130-179.

Hodgson, Jacqueline and Mou, Yu (2019) 'Empirical Approaches to Criminal Procedure.' In: Brown, Darryl, Turner, Jania and Weisser, Bettina, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 43-66.

Mou, Yu (2015) 'Beyond Legitimate Grounds: External Influences and the Discretionary Power not to Prosecute in the People's Republic of China.' In: Caiaoniello, Michele and Hodgson, Jacqueline, (eds.), Discretionary Criminal justice in a Comparative Context. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, pp. 115-139.

Journal Article

Mou, Yu (2024) 'Baffled Labelling: Making Sense of the Intertwined Relationship between Fundraising Fraud and Illegally Taking in Deposits from the General Public in Chinese Criminal Law.' Asian Journal of Law and Society, 11 (2). pp. 178-194.

Yin, Bo and Mou, Yu (2023) 'Centralized Law Enforcement in Contemporary China: The Campaign to "Sweep Away Black Societies and Eradicate Evil Forces".' The China Quarterly (254). pp. 366-380.

Mou, Yu (2022) 'Accountable for a Lifetime: Reforms in Prosecutorial Accountability in China.' China Law and Society Review, 6 (1). pp. 1-43.

Mou, Yu (2022) 'Techniques To Exploit Vulnerabilities: Persuasion And Education In Chinese Police Interrogations.' British Journal of Criminology, 62 (3). pp. 734-750.

Wang, Juan and Mou, Yu (2021) 'The Paradigm Shift in the Disciplining of Village Cadres in China: From Mao to Xi.' The China Quarterly, 248 (S1). pp. 181-199.

Mou, Yu (2021) 'The Transplanted Appropriate Adult Scheme in China.' The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60 (1). pp. 25-45.

Mou, Yu (2017) 'Overseeing Criminal Justice: The Supervisory Role of the Public Prosecution Service in China.' Journal of Law and Society, 44 (4). pp. 620-645.

Mou, Yu (2017) 'The Constructed Truth: The Making of Police Dossiers in China.' Social and Legal Studies, 26 (1). pp. 69-88.

Mou, Yu (2015) 'Conducting Participant Observation Inside the Prosecutor's Office: Understanding the Dossier-Based Chinese Criminal Justice System.' SAGE Research Methods Cases.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Mou, Yu (2023) Zhang Jun: the new President of China’s Supreme People’s Court. The China Collection [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu and Davies, Kim (2022) How to Turn Your PhD Dissertation into a Book. Division on Women and Crime, DivisioNews [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2022) The Construction of Guilt in China – Q and A with Grace (Yu) Mou. European China Law Research Hub [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2021) How to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice. US-Asia Law Institute Perspectives [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2021) Miscarriages of Justice and the Construction of Criminality in the People’s Republic of China. Amicus Curiae [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2020) Another Miscarriage of Justice in China: Is it the Tip of the Iceberg? SOAS China Institute Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2016) Visiting Detention Centres in China. Social and Legal Studies Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]