Communities Crime And Social Capital In Contemporary China

Author : Lena Zhong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134037100

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Communities, Crime and Social Capital in Contemporary China by Lena Zhong Pdf

This book explores the theoretical and empirical dimensions of community crime prevention in China, examining in particular the role of social capital in a rapidly modernizing economic, social and political context. In doing so it provides a vivid picture of contemporary crime and crime control in China as well as analyzing the very particular Chinese approach to community crime prevention, looking at such social institutions as the household registration system, the neighbourhood committee, the work unit and the public security bureau. The particular focus of this book is on BLSCC − Building Little Safe and Civilized Communities − in the city of Shenshen which has been undergoing rapid change. The book looks at two contrasting communities within the city, looking at their different characteristics and the differing ways in which social capital operates in relation to crime and crime prevention. As well as shedding light on the hitherto largely hidden subject of crime prevention in China this book also makes an important contribution to wider debates about social capital and its potential, an invaluable study based on unique research.

Author : Lena Zhong
Publisher : Willan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 184392577X

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Communities, Crime and Social Capital in Contemporary China by Lena Zhong Pdf

This book explores the theoretical and empirical dimensions of community crime prevention in China, examining in particular the role of social capital in a rapidly modernizing economic, social and political context. In doing so it provides a vivid picture of contemporary crime and crime control in China as well as analyzing the very particular Chinese approach to community crime prevention, looking at such social institutions as the household registration system, the neighbourhood committee, the work unit and the public security bureau. The particular focus of this book is on BLSCC − Building Little Safe and Civilized Communities − in the city of Shenshen which has been undergoing rapid change. The book looks at two contrasting communities within the city, looking at their different characteristics and the differing ways in which social capital operates in relation to crime and crime prevention. As well as shedding light on the hitherto largely hidden subject of crime prevention in China this book also makes an important contribution to wider debates about social capital and its potential, an invaluable study based on unique research.

Author : Haiyan Xiong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812878595

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Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China by Haiyan Xiong Pdf

The book selects Guangzhou, which has the highest crime rate in China, as a research site to study patterns of crime and social disorganization. It combines methods of content analyses with ethnographic fieldwork. The research first selected 1422 crime cases reported by the influential Southern Metropolis Daily in 2013 to identify the general crime-distribution pattern. The findings suggest that both spatial and demographic-density distribution of criminal cases in Guangzhou show a gradient circle pattern from city center to suburb. Focusing on three selected typical communities, the thesis finds important patterns of crime and social disorganization that are very different from Western research. These findings are organized according to major correlates of social disorganization, including unemployment, marriage and family, residential stability, ethnic heterogeneity, social equality, social capital, social control, social isolation and social exclusion, community cohesion, trust and fear, traditions, morals and beliefs, language. These findings extend and elaborate Social Disorganization Theory in urban China. This book can be used as a textbook for college and Ph.D. students majoring in law and sociology, as well as a reference book for professionals in related fields. Although academic, this book is written in such a way that it will also appeal to a general audience.

Author : Jianhong Liu,Lening Zhang,Steven F. Messner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780313075032

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Crime and Social Control in a Changing China by Jianhong Liu,Lening Zhang,Steven F. Messner Pdf

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.

Author : Anqi Shen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030006747

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Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China by Anqi Shen Pdf

This work investigates inequality and social exclusion in contemporary Chinese society, specifically in the context of urbanization, migration and crime. Economic reforms started in the late 1970s (post-Mao) fuelled a trend of urbanization and mass migration within China, largely from rural areas to more economically developed urban regions. With this migration, came new challenges in a rapidly changing society. Researchers have extensively studied the rural-to-urban human movement, social changes, inequality and its impact on individuals and society as a whole. This volume provides a new perspective on this issue. It forges a link between internal migration, inequality, social exclusion and crime in the context of China, through qualitative research into the impact of this phenomenon on individuals’ lives. Using a series of case studies drawn from interviews with inmates – men and women – in a large Chinese prison, it focuses on migrant offenders’ subjective experiences, and analyses issues from the rarely-heard perspectives of migrant lawbreakers themselves. The research demonstrates how factors – including: the hukou system, rural-urban, class and gender inequalities, prejudices against rural migrants, and other structural problems – often lead to migrant offending. The author argues that to mitigate the effects of criminalisation, the root causes of these problems should be examined, emphasizing radical reforms to the hukou policy, cultural change in urban society to welcome newcomers, positive programs to integrate migrant workers into urban societies and improve their opportunities, rather than inflicting harsher penalties or reducing migration. While the research is based in China, it has clear implications for other regions of the world, which are experiencing similar tensions related to national and international migration. This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with an interest in Asia, as well as those in related fields such as sociology, law and social justice.

Author : Enshen Li
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351039369

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Punishment in Contemporary China by Enshen Li Pdf

Punishment in contemporary China has experienced dramatic shifts over the last seven decades or so. This book focuses on the evolution, development and change of punishment in the Maoist (1949-1977), reform (1978-2001) and post-reform eras (2002-) of China to understand the shaping and transformation of punishment within the context of a range of socio-cultural changes across different historical periods. It aims to fill the gap of existing research by developing a distinctive theoretical framework for the China’s penality, exploring it as a separate and complex legal-social system to observe the impact social foundations, political-economic genesis, cultural significance and meanings have exerted on penal form, discourse and force in contemporary China. It sheds light on the sociology of punishment in this socialist Party-state by investigating law reform, penal policy, social control, crime prevention and sentencing as interconnected elements in the criminal justice and penal system. This book will be of great interest to those who study Chinese criminal law, penal and policing system, as well as to law academics, criminologists and sociologists whose research interests lie in the fields of comparative criminology and criminal justice.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2744 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211722686

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Policy Research Initiative (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0662414276

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Social Capital in Action : Thematic Policy Studies by Policy Research Initiative (Canada) Pdf

Author : Liqun Cao,Ivan Y. Sun,Bill Hebenton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135021450

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology by Liqun Cao,Ivan Y. Sun,Bill Hebenton Pdf

As the world’s second largest economy, China has made great progress in developing criminology. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology aims to be a key reference point to summarize the large body of literature in both Chinese and English about various aspects of crime and its control in China for international scholars with an interest in the development of criminological research on and in the Greater China region, and for everyone with a broad interest in international criminology. 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.

Author : Nan Lin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052152167X

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Social Capital by Nan Lin Pdf

1. Theories of Capital: The Historical Foundation. 3. 2. Social Capital: Capital Captured through Social Relations. 19. 3. Resources, Hierarchy, Networks, and Homophily: The Structural Foundation. 29. 4. Resources, Motivations, and Interactions: The Action Foundation. 41. 5. The Theory and Theoretical Propositions. 55. 6. Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition. 78. 7. Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda. 99. 8. Social Capital and the Emergence of Social Structure: A Theory of Rational Choice. 127. 9. Reputation and Social Capital: The Rational Basis for Social Exchange. 143. 10. Social Capital in Hierarchical Structures. 165. 11. Institutions, Networks, and Capital Building: Societal Transformations. 184. 12. Cybernetworks and the Global Village: The Rise of Social Capital. 210. 13. The Future of the Theory. 243. . References. 251. . Index. 267.

Author : Yuchun Zou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : City dwellers
ISBN : 1032376929

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The Relationship Between Trust and Social Capital of China's Urban Residents by Yuchun Zou Pdf

"This book analyzes the relationship between trust and social capital in contemporary Chinese society. It attempts to clarify the differences in degree among various types of trust in China today and the logic of social actions, hoping to provide a new perspective from which China's local social relationship networks can be understood. The book contributes to the field of contemporary Chinese sociology in the numerous ways. First, it improves the methods for comparing the ways in which different types of trust are measured. Second, it analyzes the regional differences in trust (especially universal trust) across China. Third, it discusses the impact of social capital (social relations and their embedded resources) on trust and tests the relationship for linearity and curvilinearity. Fourth, it explores whether the relationship between social capital and universal trust is regulated by institutional structural resources. The analysis of the regulatory role of structural resources paves the way for a more comprehensive theory of the relationship between social capital and trust. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Sociology, Contemporary China, and East Asian Studies. It will also be a valuable source of reference for policy makers on the improvement of social institutions"--

Author : Paul Bullen,Jenny Onyx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 1876441011

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Measuring Social Capital in Five Communities in NSW by Paul Bullen,Jenny Onyx Pdf

Author : Thomas Gold,Doug Guthrie,David Wank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521530318

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Social Connections in China by Thomas Gold,Doug Guthrie,David Wank Pdf

This volume assesses the evolving role of guanxi (social networks) in China's transforming society.

Author : Jianhong Liu,Lening Zhang,Steven F. Messner
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 031331652X

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Crime and Social Control in a Changing China by Jianhong Liu,Lening Zhang,Steven F. Messner Pdf

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.

Author : James O. Finckenauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Organized crime
ISBN : UOM:39015075616931

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Asian Transnational Organized Crime and Its Impact on the United States by James O. Finckenauer Pdf