Neighborhood Organization and Social Control in Changing Urban China

A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Adopting a cross-cultural perspective, this book utilizes data collected from several large-scale surveys to assess the neighborhood social control system in a changing urban China. It conceptualizes this system through different types of neighborhood social control at private, parochial, semi-public, public, and market levels. The book highlights the importance of cross-cultural studies of neighborhood effects, and discusses several major issues in such studies along with prospects for future research.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-01-28
Mått148 x 212 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagCambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN9781527578005

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Dr Lening Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice of Saint Francis University, USA. He has published over 70 journal articles, a co-edited book, and a number of book chapters in the fields of crime, criminal justice, and substance abuse. He served as the President of the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice, USA, and as the Principal Investigator for a study of neighborhood control and disorder in China, which was awarded a grant of $274,824 by the US National Science Foundation. He also served as a Co-Principal Investigator for a research project on criminal victimization in China, which was funded by the US National Science Foundation for a grant of $290,345.

'[…] the book has demonstrated a valuable empirical attempt in cross-cultural research on criminology. Zhang's empirical endeavor can provoke more reflections on local peculiarities and theoretical limitations. At the end of the book, Zhang discusses theoretical, methodological, and analytical issues to guide readers to move further down the path of the journey on cross-cultural research on the neighborhood effect (see Chapter 9). It is a good reference for readers interested in comparative criminology, the neighborhood effect, and quantitative analyses in sociology or criminology.'Dan HeThe University at Albany, State University of New York, USA, in the Asian Journal of Criminology 18: 349–351 (2023)