Internal migration, crime, and punishment in contemporary China : an inquiry into rural migrant offenders /: an inquiry into rural migrant offenders. ([2018])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Internal migration, crime, and punishment in contemporary China : an inquiry into rural migrant offenders /: an inquiry into rural migrant offenders. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- Internal migration, crime, and punishment in contemporary China : an inquiry into rural migrant offenders
- 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;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 … (more)
- 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.
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