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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791927103321

Autore

Trevaskes Susan <1964-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-136-95182-2

1-283-54646-9

9786613858917

1-136-95183-0

0-203-84893-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on China in transition

Disciplina

364.951

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - China

Law enforcement - China

Crime - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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