Research Catalog

Title

New crime in China : public order and human rights / Ronald C. Keith and Zhiqiu Lin.

Author

Keith, Ronald C.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Lin, Zhiqiu, 1959-

Description

x, 221 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book examines the crimes which have recently been of the greatest concern in China and assesses the imbalance between public order and human rights in the way the Chinese legal system deals with them. These new crimes include the formation of cults, the intentional spread of infectious disease, domestic violence, sexual harassment, internet fraud and dissent, website pornography, terrorism and organized crime in the sex and drugs trades and in human trafficking. the issue of crime is of particular importance both because current social upheaval in China contributes a great deal to the increase of new crimes and because there is increasing international interest in Chinese law following the country's accession to the World Trade Organization." "A portrait of a society and legal system grappling with vast social change, New Crime in China will be of interest to scholars studying China and human rights as well as to legal experts with an interest in the developing countries of Asia."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Routledge contemporary China series ; 5

Uniform Title

Routledge contemporary China series 5.

Subject

• Criminal law > China
• Criminal justice, Administration of > China
• Law reform > China
• Crime > China
• Human rights > China

Note

• "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-214) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

New crime, human rights protection and public order -- The 'Falungong problem' and the prospects for criminal justice reform -- The criminal justice response to violence in the modern Chinese family -- 'Organized crime', politics, and the law -- Crime and human rights in cyber-space -- Squaring the circles of criminal justice reform?

ISBN

0415314828

LCCN

^^2005001300

OCLC

57493969

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library