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UNINA9910779650403321 |
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Titolo |
Crime, punishment, and policing in China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Borge Bakken |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-45331-7 |
0-7425-7559-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st paperback ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crime - China |
Police - China |
Prisons - China |
Punishment - China |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: Crime, Control, and Modernity in China; Part I: Recent Dreams, Present Trends, and Future Scenarios; 2. Penology and Reformation in Modern China; 3. Comparative Perspectives on Crime in China; Part II: Prison and Punishment in Transition; 4. A Question of Difference: The Theory and Practice of the Chinese Prison; 5. Sizing up China's Prisons; Part III: Policing ""Market Socialism""; 6. Campaign-Style Policing in China and its Critics |
7. Toward a Government of the Contract: Policing in the Era of ReformIndex; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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