Crime, Punishment, and Policing in China

Name: Crime, Punishment, and Policing in China
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ISBN: 9780742535756

ISBN-10: 0742535754

ISBN-13: 9780742535756

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Authors: Bï¿½rge Bakken, Bï¿½rge Bakken, Frank Dikï¿½tter, Michael Dutton, James D. Seymour

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Crime has long been a silent partner in China's march to modernization, just as law and order has become increasingly important in legitimizing the Chinese regime. This groundbreaking volume offers the first systematic exploration of the social, economic, political, legal, and practical parameters of crime and control, locating them within a broader milieu of turbulent development and transition. A multidisciplinary group of leading scholars draw on a rich body of empirical data and rare archival research to develop a theoretical, comparative, and historical context for understanding contemporary Chinese crime, policing, and punishment. All those interested in modern and contemporary…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.01" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface



Introduction: Crime, Control, and Modernity in China




Recent Dreams, Present Trends, and Future Scenarios



Penology and Reformation in Modern China




Comparative Perspectives on Crime in China




Prison and Punishment in Transition



A Question of Difference: The Theory and Practice of the Chinese Prison




Sizing Up China's Prisons




Policing "Market Socialism"



Campaign-Style Policing in China and Its Critics




Toward a Government of the Contract: Policing in the Era of Reform



Index


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