The editors of the handbook have selected authoritative contributors recognized for their research and scholarship on China, Hong Kong Macao, and Taiwan. This handbook consists of five sections:
- An account of the development of criminology as an academic discipline in modern China, as well as some of the unique theories, strategies, or philosophies of crime control that have emerged,
- An analysis of the criminal justice system in China, including the police, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice and the death penalty,
- An exploration of the issues and problems in conducting research in China,
- Reflections on the nature of crime and criminality in China, including drugs, prostitution, human trafficking, corruption, floating population, domestic violence, and white-collar crime,
- An account of crime and criminal justice in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.
The book presents a coherent and comprehensive collection of essays on current research and theory in criminology, crime and justice in China and Greater China, and the Editors’ Introduction and Conclusion provide further contextualisation of the Handbook’s key themes.
The editors of the handbook have selected authoritative contributors recognized for their research and scholarship on China, Hong Kong Macao, and Taiwan. This handbook consists of five sections:
- An account of the development of criminology as an academic discipline in modern China, as well as some of the unique theories, strategies, or philosophies of crime control that have emerged,
- An analysis of the criminal justice system in China, including the police, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice and the death penalty,
- An exploration of the issues and problems in conducting research in China,
- Reflections on the nature of crime and criminality in China, including drugs, prostitution, human trafficking, corruption, floating population, domestic violence, and white-collar crime,
- An account of crime and criminal justice in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.
The book presents a coherent and comprehensive collection of essays on current research and theory in criminology, crime and justice in China and Greater China, and the Editors’ Introduction and Conclusion provide further contextualisation of the Handbook’s key themes.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology
384
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology
384Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415500401 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 07/11/2013 |
Series: | Routledge International Handbooks |
Pages: | 384 |
Product dimensions: | 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d) |