The Chinese mafia : organized crime, corruption, and extra-legal protection / Peng Wang.
By: Wang, Peng [author.].
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TextSeries: Clarendon studies in criminology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191818349 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Mafia -- China | Gangs -- China | Corruption -- China | Crime -- ChinaAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 364.1060951 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, 'The Chinese Mafia' contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors - corrupt public officials and street gangsters - emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society. China's economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, 'The Chinese Mafia' contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors - corrupt public officials and street gangsters - emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society. China's economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions.
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