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Crime and Social Control in a Changing China
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Jianhong Liu, Lening Zhang, Steven F. Messner
Book Code: GM1652
ISBN: 0-313-31652-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31652-4
216 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2001
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Criminology and Penology
Series Number: 53
Reviews:
  • [A] valuable contribution to the comparative study of crime and social control, as well as to the study of crime in China's cultural and institutional context.
    —The Historian     .
  • Endorsement From Paul C. Firday, Ph.D.
    Professor of Criminal Justice
    University of North Carolina, Charlotte:     This is a magnificent and parsimonious collection of significant chapters that systematically and objectively look at the impact of social change in China on the development and manifestation of crime, criminology, and social control. The editors have successfully maintained and discussed through out the volume the central theme of how the transition to a market economy had effected the science of criminology as well as the pattern of crime. They relate this to Western theory and to crime prevention issues that illustrate the importance of China to retain its significant philosophical view that crime control in not only the function of the criminal justice system, but of the neighborhood, family, workplace, and various social organizations. This volume is a good introduction to those who have neither experienced China nor who have thought comparatively.
  • Endorsement From Nan Lin
    Director of Asian/Pacific Studies Institute and Professor of Sociology
    Duke University:     This is a most timely and valuable contribution to a comprehensive analysis of crime and social control. Rarely has there been an opportunity to examine such issues in the context of social and political transformations and the editors have put together insightful analyses from keen observers from both within and without China. It will be an indispensible book for scholars and policy analysts who need to understand how societal changes affect the perceptions and reality of crime and social control.
Description: This important edited collection of articles by both Chinese and American scholars attempts to promote a more accurate and in-depth understanding of crime and social control in China, as it undergoes significant cultural, economic, and social change. The editors contend that as the economic system has been transformed, many other social institutions in China have also experienced unprecedented changes, including legal institutions and other organizations responsible for social control. The essays focus on crime in China and summarize the major structural changes in Chinese society and their effects on crime and justice over the last ten to fifteen years, offer an overview of Chinese perspectives on crime, examine socio-economic changes and their impact on social control, and discuss changes in adults' and children's courts and the new changes in Chinese policing in Chinese society. Organized into four parts, this work addresses the nature, extent and special features of crime and delinquency in China under conditions of social change. It also investigates the question of the social correlation of changing patterns of crime. The impact of social transition on the changes in the grassroots level of social control is also discussed. Chinese law and criminal justice, with particular focus on the courts, police, and crime prevention are mentioned as well. This unique collection of essays is a timely and significant contribution to the fields of comparative criminology, social control, Chinese studies, and legal studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction--Impact of Market Transition: Changing Crime and Social Control in China by Jianhong Liu, Lening Zhang, and Steven F. Messner
  • Social Transition and Crime in China
  • Modernization and Crime Trends in China's Reform Era by Jianhong Liu and Steven F. Messner
  • White-Collar Crime: Bribery and Corruption in China by Lening Zhang
  • Narcotics Control in China: A Growing Challenge by Peter Liu and Yingyi Situ
  • Chinese Perspectives and the Social Sources of Crime
  • Criminology in China: Perspectives and Development by Lu Zhou and Mei Cong
  • Population Migration and Crime in a Changing China by Guoan Ma
  • Inequality and Crime in a Changing China by Liqun Cao and Yisheng Dai
  • Social Control and Crime Prevention in a Changing Chinese Society
  • Chinese Social Control: From Shaming and Reintegration to Getting Rich is Glorious by Dean Rojek
  • Community Integration and the Effectiveness of Social Control by Hong Lu and Terance D. Miethe
  • Crimes and Crime Control in a Changing China by Shuliang Feng
  • Social Transition and the Changing Criminal Justice System
  • Mixing Inquisitorial and Adversarial Models: Changes in Criminal Procedure in a Changing China by Peter Liu and Yingyi Siu
  • New Directions of Chinese Policing in the Reform Era by Yisheng Dai
  • Traditions and Changes of Police Culture: Organization, Operation, and Behavior of the Chinese Police by Allan Y. Yiao
  • The Recent Development of Juvenile Justice in China by Guoling Zhao
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-069514
LCC Class: HV7118
Dewey Class: 364
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