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

• Autore: Trevaskes Susan <1964-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.951
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - China; Law enforcement - China; Crime - China
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Policing serious crime in China
• ISBN: 1-136-95182-2; 1-283-54646-9; 9786613858917; 1-136-95183-0; 0-203-84893-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791927103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies on China in Transition