Susan Trevaskes

Policing Serious Crime in China

From 'Strike Hard' to 'Kill Fewer'

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the politics, practice, procedures, and public perceptions of policing serious crime in China, focusing on one particular criminal justice practice - anti-crime campaigns - in the period of transition from planned to market economy from the 1980s to the first years of the twenty-first century.

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This book explores the politics, practice, procedures, and public perceptions of policing serious crime in China today by examining the role of anti-crime campaigns. By focusing on this aspect of the Chinese criminal justice system we are able to gain a deeper understanding of how the political realm operates to secure one particular aspect of social policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415564472
• ISBN-10: 0415564476
• Artikelnr.: 31082171

Autorenporträt

Susan Trevaskes is an Australian Research Council QEII Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

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?