Crime and social control in Asia and the Pacific : a cross-border study / Victor N. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Victor N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Asia.

Crime.

Crime--Pacific Area.

Criminology--Asia.

Criminology.

Criminology--Pacific Area.

Social control--Asia.

Social control.

Social control--Pacific Area.

Pacific Area.

Asia.

Physical Description:

iv, 354 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2007]

Summary:

As the center stage of the world in the twenty-first century, Asia and the Pacific provide a vast testing ground where Eastern civilizations meet with Western development, socialism with capitalism, and authoritarianism with democracy, for possible confrontation, fusion, or both. This study examines crime and social control in the region. It first examines crime, concentrating upon crime resulting from social disorganization; crimes of opportunity; entrepreneurial crime; bureaucratic crime; the drug trade; human trafficking; organized crime; and crimes of terror. Professor Shaw then analyzes social control, focusing on change of ideologies; transfer of technologies; professionalization of control forces; modernization of control systems; cross-border cooperation; and international coordination. Most critically, this work explores changing dynamics between capitalism and socialism; Eastern civilizations and Western development; democratic forms of government and patriarchal leadership; citizen initiative and state authority; procedural fairness and control effectiveness; and their possible impacts on crime and social control in Asia and the Pacific.

Contents:

Part I Groundwork: Theories, Methods, and Objectives

1 Concepts, Themes, and Theories 7

2 Interviews, Fieldwork, and Data Collection 21

3 Issues, Objectives, and Implications 31

Part II Crime and Deviance: Types, Patterns, and Characteristics

4 Crime Resulting from Social Disorganization 39

5 Crimes of Opportunity 59

6 Corporate and Entrepreneurial Crime 71

7 Governmental and Bureaucratic Crime 85

8 Substance Smuggling and the Drug Trade 103

9 Human Trafficking and Illegal Immigration 117

10 Organized Crime 129

11 Crimes of Terror 145

Part III Social Control: Problems, Progress, and Promise

12 Change of Control Ideologies 163

13 Transfer of Control Technologies 173

14 Professionalization of Control Forces 183

15 Modernization of Control Systems 191

16 Cross-border Collaboration and Cooperation 201

17 International Organization and Coordination 213

18 Civil Penetration and Global Synchronization 223

Part IV Crime and Social Control: Larger Institutions, Processes, and Contexts

19 Capitalism and Socialism 237

20 Eastern Civilizations and Western Development 247

21 Democratic Forms of Government and Authoritarian Leadership 261

22 Citizen Initiative and the State Authority 271

23 Formalism and Informalism 283

24 Procedural Fairness and Control Effectiveness 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-335) and index.

ISBN:

9780761836797

0761836799

9780761836803

0761836802

OCLC:

123361378