Policing serious crime in China : from 'strike hard' to 'kill fewer' / Susan Trevaskes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trevaskes, Susan, 1964- author.

Series:

Routledge Studies on China in Transition

Routledge studies on China in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--China.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Law enforcement--China.

Law enforcement.

Crime--China.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-95182-2

1-283-54646-9

9786613858917

1-136-95183-0

0-203-84893-4

9780203848937

OCLC:

829462079