Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China A Case Study of Thre
The book selects Guangzhou, which has the highest crime rate in China, as a research site to study patterns of crime and social disorganization. It combines methods of content analyses with ethnographic fieldwork. The research first selected 1422 crime ca
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Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China A Case Study of Three Communities in Guangzhou
Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China
Haiyan Xiong
Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China A Case Study of Three Communities in Guangzhou
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Haiyan Xiong International Institution of Criminal Justice Southwest University of Politic Science and Law Chongqing China and Department of Sociology University of Oxford Oxford UK
ISBN 978-981-287-857-1 ISBN 978-981-287-859-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-859-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015948785 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
This book is Dr. Haiyn Xiong’s first English publication. Doctor Haiyan Xiong is the first doctor supervised by me in the University of Macau and can be said to have learned a lot from me. I do criminological research in USA. Status and disciplinary systems of criminology are different in China and America. In the United States, Criminology is a key discipline. It is an interdisciplinary subject relating law, sociology, statistics, and even some natural scientific fields. However, what Dr. Haiyan Xiong has received is pure, orthodox legal education. This is clearly not enough for criminological research. So she studied professional knowledge of sociology and statistics to make her qualified to do criminological research. At the same time, her professional background of Law enabled her to make deeper analysis of social problems. This book focuses on urban crime and social disorganization in temporary China. The author noticed that modern China was in extremely rapid social transition. Social changes in China are reflected in many social phenomena such as rapid economic growth, the speed of urbanization, and sign
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