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The Chinese Mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection /

Explores the rise of extra-legal protection organizations in contemporary China, contributing to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context. It examines two types of extra-legal protectors: Black Mafia (street gangsters) and Red Mafia (corrupt public officers), and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Peng (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
Mafia > China.
Gangs > China.
Corruption > China.
Crime > China.
Mafia > Chine.
Corruption > Chine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Corruption
Crime
Gangs
Mafia
China
China.
Mafia.
Organized crime.
Transnational crime.
Politics.
Corruption.
Social conditions.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Màfia.
Crim organitzat.
Corrupció.
Xina.
True Crime.
Electronic books.
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Explores the rise of extra-legal protection organizations in contemporary China, contributing to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context. It examines two types of extra-legal protectors: Black Mafia (street gangsters) and Red Mafia (corrupt public officers), and their impact on Chinese society.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-241) and index.
ISBN:9780191076039
0191076031
9780191076046
019107604X
9780191818349
0191818348
9780198758402
0198758405