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Crime and Control in China

The Myth of Harmony

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvBørge Bakken

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China is a transitional society with one of the highest inequality rates in the world. Criminologists would typify this as a highly toxic combination, creating very high levels of crime. Yet China reports extremely low crime rates. How might this be?With this book, Børge Bakken shows that the reality in China does not match the rosy picture of low crime and rule-by-law that the authorities present to the world. Looking beyond the statistics, Bakken discovers that violent crime is a particularly ‘sensitive issue’, deliberately censored by party propaganda and by an unaccountable police force that can ‘vanish’ any type of crime to a degree that makes a ‘crime rate’ a mere formality. As Bakken reveals, official Chinese crime statistics cannot be used to make assumptions about China's crime profile. Even the assumption that crime represents the problem and control its solution is not valid, Bakken argues. Because when control becomes part of the problem, the false assumption of a ‘harmonious society’ evaporates, rendering ‘harmony’ a myth and violence the traumatic reality.This meticulous investigation of crime and justice in China is crucial reading for those interested in the Chinese regime and China's state control, as well as criminologists and sociologists of crime.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-28
Mått152 x 213 x 31 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieChina Today
Antal sidor256
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780745663173

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MapChronology IntroductionShùzì / Numbers1. The Manipulation of Chinese Crime StatisticsChu ngsh ng / Trauma2: The Historical Patterns of Crime, Violence, and Trauma Páichì / Exclusion3: Transition, Inequality, and Exclusion: Two Kinds of PeopleJi nshì / Surveillance4: Big Brother, Big Bucks, and Big Data: The Chinese Surveillance StateYánlì / Harshness5: ‘Hard Strikes’ and Moral Panics: The Craze of Anti-Crime CampaignsZhèngyì / Justice 6: Legal Hierarchies, Punitive Practices, and Changing Norms7: Concluding RemarksReferences

"Børge Bakken’s incisive analysis reveals China as a far higher crime society than fraudulent statistics suggest. As we turn the pages of this sophisticated book, we grasp the evolution of a society where “the rich get richer and the poor get execution”. This is a monumental contribution to comprehending the devolution of despotism and dissent. What Bakken describes is a surveillance capitalist authoritarianism produced by a Chinese Communist Party that learned from Western tech corporations."John Braithwaite, University of Maryland "An engagingly written, evidence-based account that demolishes long-standing myths about the nature of crime and punishment in China, not least the regime's efforts to systematically hide the widespread violence and soaring crime rates that lurk behind one of the world’s most unequal societies."Frank Dikötter, University of Hong Kong“The author skilfully supports his arguments with empirical data, including case studies, statistics and interviews, and presents his arguments in a balanced manner while maintaining a critical lens.”Preksha Shree Chhetri, Europe-Asia Studies

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