Crime and Social Control in a Changing China

by Jianhong Liu (Editor), Lening Zhang (Editor), Steven F. Messner (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313316524
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2001
Series:	Contributions in Criminology and Penology , #53
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

JIANHONG LIU is an Associate Professor at Rhode Island College. He has published numerous journal articles and is currently working on a project examining negative social capital and subculture values for Chinese offenders.

LENING ZHANG is Assistant Professor at Saint Francis College. He has published widely in both the United States and China.

STEVEN F. MESSNER is Professor and Chair of Sociology at State University of New York at Albany./e He has published extensively in professional journals and is co-author of Crime and the American Dream, Perspectives on Crime and Deviance, and Criminology: An Introduction Using ExplorIt.

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