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Author Trevaskes, Susan

Title Serious Crime in China
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
Routledge studies on China in transition.
Contents Front Cover; Policing Serious Crime in China; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Lists of abbreviations and pinyin words; Introduction; 1 The rise of campaign justice; 2 The campaign template; 3 Striking hard in the new millennium; 4 Cracks in the campaign armour; 5 The people's war on drugs; 6 Fighting the collective: the rise of organized crime; 7 The end of campaign justice?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Despite a resurgence in the number of studies of Chinese social control over the past decade or so, no sustained work in English has detailed the recent developments in policy and practice against serious crime, despite international recognition that Chinese policing of serious crime is relatively severe and that more people are executed for crime in China each year than in the rest of the world combined. In this book the author skilfully explores the politics, practice, procedures, and public perceptions of policing serious crime in China, focusing on one particular criminal justice
Notes Print version record
Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- China
Law enforcement -- China
Crime -- China
Crime
Criminal justice, Administration of
Law enforcement
China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136951831
1136951830