Internal migration, crime, and punishment in contemporary China : an inquiry into rural migrant offenders /: an inquiry into rural migrant offenders. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anqi Shen.
• Authors: Shen, Anqi
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Charts and Tables; About the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Contextual Background of the Study; Aims of the Study and Methodology; Research Method and Data; Limitations of the Research; Contents and the Organisation of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Social Identity of Migrant Offenders; Introduction; Hukou, the Rural-Urban Divide, Inequality and Social Exclusion; Socio-demographic Profile of Rural Migrant Offenders; Migrant Offenders' Account of 'Push' and 'Pull' Factors to Rural-to-Urban Migration; Major Push Factors; The Pull Factors Rural Migrant Offenders' Life Conditions in the CitySocial Biases, Prejudices and Discrimination; Living as Rural Migrants in the City; Working and Making Money in the City; Self-Reflection of Rural Migrant Offenders: 'We lost already at the starting line'; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Criminal Acting of Rural Migrants; Introduction; Crimes Involving Rural Migrants: The Empirical Data; Migrant 'Gangsters': Rural Migrants' Involvement in Gangs; Definitional Issue of Gangs and 'the Gang' in the Context of Migrant Offending in China; Profile of Migrant Gangsters Gang Life of Rural Migrant YouthsMoney-Making Activities of Migrant Gangs; Violence and Risk-Taking; Identity of Migrant Gangs and the Relationships in the Gang Setting; Rural Migrants' Account of Gang Participation; Rural Migrants Who Are Drug Offenders; Drug Law in China, the Harm Principle and the Notion of Social Supply of Drugs; Drug Use and Drug-Related Offences Involving Rural Migrant Workers; Drug Use and 'Providing Shelter to Others for Drug Taking'; Drug Dealing; Rural Migrants Who Engage in Fraud; The Concept of Fraud; Definition of Fraud and Fraud Law in China Profile of 'Migrant Fraudsters'The Nature of Frauds Involving Rural Migrant Offenders; The Criminal Firms Engaging in Fraud; Partnerships in Fraud; Motivations of Rural Migrants for Participation in Fraud; Self-Reflection of Migrant Fraudsters; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Female Rural Migrants and Criminality; Introduction; Migrant Women Who Are Lawbreakers in Urban China; Case Study 1: Rural Migrant Women Who Participate in Illegal Pyramid Selling; The Nature of Pyramid Schemes and Chinese Law Concerning Illegal Pyramid Selling Rural Migrant Women's Paths to Illegal Pyramid Selling and Their MotivesWomen's Role in the Illicit Business; Gains and Losses of Migrant Women in Illegal Pyramid Selling; Case Study 2: Migrant Women Who Are Involved in Sex Work-Related Offences; Gendered Conditions of Rural Migrant Women Who Are Perpetrators in the Sex Trade; Rural Migrant Women's Entry into the Illicit Trade and the Roles They Play; Discussion and Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Punishing Rural Migrant Offenders; Introduction; Rural Migrant Offenders' Perception of Interpersonal Treatment in Criminal Justice
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.951; Criminology; Internal migrants -- China; Criminals -- China; Migration, Internal -- China; Crime -- China; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Crime; Criminals; Internal migrants; Migration, Internal; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social issues & processes; Social Science -- Criminology; Crime & criminology; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030006747; 3030006743
• Related ISBNs: 9783030006730; 3030006735
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 20, 2018).
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