| Description |
1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Asia/Pacific/perspectives
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Crime, control, and modernity in China / Børge Bakken -- Penology and reformation in modern China / Frank Dikötter -- Comparative perspectives on crime in China / Børge Bakken -- A question of difference : the theory and practice of the Chinese prison / Michael Dutton and Xu Zhangrun -- Sizing up China's prisons / James D. Seymour -- Campaign-style policing in China and its critics / Murray Scot Tanner -- Toward a government of the contract : policing in the era of reform / Michael Dutton. |
| Summary |
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 contempor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crime -- China.
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Crime. |
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China. |
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Punishment -- China.
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Punishment. |
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Prisons -- China.
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Prisons. |
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Police -- China.
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Police. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1981-2001 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Added Author |
Bakken, Børge.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crime, punishment, and policing in China. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2005 0742535746 (DLC) 2004025864 (OCoLC)56903765 |
| ISBN |
9780742575592 (electronic book) |
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0742575594 (electronic book) |
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0742535746 |
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9780742535749 |
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