The Routledge handbook of Chinese criminology /
As the world's second largest economy, China has made great progress in developing criminology. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology aims to be a key reference point to summarize the large body of literature in both Chinese and English about various aspects of crime and its control in...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Routledge international handbooks.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Introduction: discovering and making criminology in China; SECTION I Historical themes; 1 Historical themes of crime causation in China; 2 The development of criminology in modern China: a state-based enterprise; 3 Social and crime control with Chinese characteristics; 4 Punishment in China; SECTION II Criminal justice system issues; 5 Legal systems in China; 6 The police system in China; 7 Autonomy, courts, and the politico-legal order in contemporary China; 8 China's criminal justice system.
- 9 Juvenile criminal justice system in China10 People's mediation in China; 11 The death penalty in China; SECTION III Methods of inquiry; 12 The politics of numbers: crime statistics in China; 13 Criminological research in China: challenges, rewards, and the need for sensitivity; 14 Crime data and criminological research in contemporary China; SECTION IV Forms of crime and criminality; 15 Drugs and drug control in the People's Republic of China (1949-present); 16 Prostitution and human trafficking; 17 Urbanization and inevitable migration: crime and migrant workers.
- 18 Domestic violence and its official reactions in China19 White-collar and corporate crime in China; SECTION V Greater China: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao; 20 Unmasking crime and criminology in Taiwan; 21 Official reaction to crime in Taiwan: tougher on crime and softer on justice; 22 Crime and its control in Hong Kong; 23 Official reactions to crime and drug problems in Hong Kong; 24 Crime and gambling in Macao; 25 Official responses to crime in Macao; Editors' conclusions: dreaming of better times; Index.