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Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China: An inquiry into rural migrant offenders (Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research) by Anqi Shen; Springer International Publishing is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This work investigates inequality and social exclusion in contemporary Chinese society, specifically in the context of urbanization, migration and crime. Economic reforms started in the late 1970s (post-Mao) fuelled a trend of urbanization and mass migration within China, largely from rural areas to more economically developed urban regions. With this migration, came new challenges in a rapidly changing society. Researchers have extensively studied the rural-to-urban human movement, social changes, inequality and its impact on individuals and society as a whole. This volume provides a new perspective on this issue. It forges a link between internal migration, inequality, social exclusion and crime in the context of China, through qualitative research into the impact of this phenomenon on individuals’ lives. Using a series of case studies drawn from interviews with inmates – men and women – in a large Chinese prison, it focuses on migrant offenders’ subjective experiences, and analyses issues from the rarely-heard perspectives of migrant lawbreakers themselves. The research demonstrates how factors – including: the __hukou__ system, rural-urban, class and gender inequalities, prejud
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- Author
- Anqi Shen; Springer International Publishing
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030006730
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, True Crime, Social Science
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