The Chinese mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / Peng Wang.
2017
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Title
The Chinese mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / Peng Wang.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Clarendon studies in criminology.
Summary
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.
Note
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 16, 2017).
Location
WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version :
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Alternate Title
Oxford Scholarship Online.
Oxford Academic.
Oxford Academic.
Language
English
Audience
Specialized.
ISBN
9780191818349 ebook
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