The Chinese mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / / Peng Wang [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Wang Peng
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 364.1060951
• Soggetto topico: Mafia - China; Gangs - China; Corruption - China; Crime - China; Màfia; Crim organitzat; Corrupció
• Soggetto geografico: Xina
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, 'The Chinese Mafia' contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors - corrupt public officials and street gangsters - emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society. China's economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions.
• Altri titoli varianti: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Chinese Mafia
• Titolo autorizzato: The Chinese mafia
• ISBN: 0-19-107604-X; 0-19-181834-8; 0-19-107603-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910160345903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Clarendon studies in criminology.