This textbook explores the landscape of criminal activity in contemporary China and examines the applicability of Western criminological theories to this cultural landscape. It examines the nature and spectrum of crime in China, including public perceptions and government responses within the context of China's shift from a planned to a market economy and the consequences of this transformation for social inequality and criminal activity.
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ISBN
9798823309653
Publisert
2025-06-30
Utgiver
Cognella, Inc
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
136

Biografisk notat

Yunhan Zhao is an assistant professor at Colorado State University Pueblo. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY, and his research focuses on crime and deviance, social control, correction and rehabilitation, corruption, public health, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods.

Steven F. Messner is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Albany, SUNY. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Princeton University, and his research focuses on criminology, deviance, macrosociology, social institution and crime, spatial analyses, crime and social control in contemporary China, and community context and criminal offending.