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Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China

A Case Study of Three Communities in Guangzhou

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Authors:
  1. Haiyan Xiong

    1. International institution of criminal justice, Southwest University of Politic Science and Law, Chongqing, China

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  • The first book to describe patterns of crime in urban China

  • The only book collecting 1422 crime cases to focus on urban crime and social disorganization in contemporary China

  • Provides plenty of detailed material on the current status of the economy, population, employment, urbanization, urban ecology, residential income, poverty and crime rates in China

  • Presents a unique introduction to urban China with original perspectives on Chinese social issues based on in-depth interviews

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-38

  3. Making Sense of Social Disorganization

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    Pages 39-56

  4. Analytical Approach

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    Pages 57-69

  5. Urban Spatial Disorganization and Crime: Punctate Distribution Pattern

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    Pages 71-93

  6. Social Disorganization and Crime: A Case Study

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    Pages 95-130

  7. Conclusions and Future

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    Pages 131-138

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 139-170
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About this book

The book selects Guangzhou, which has the highest crime rate in China, as a research site to study patterns of crime and social disorganization. It combines methods of content analyses with ethnographic fieldwork. The research first selected 1422 crime cases reported by the influential Southern Metropolis Daily in 2013 to identify the general crime-distribution pattern. The findings suggest that both spatial and demographic-density distribution of criminal cases in Guangzhou show a gradient circle pattern from city center to suburb. Focusing on three selected typical communities, the thesis finds important patterns of crime and social disorganization that are very different from Western research. These findings are organized according to major correlates of social disorganization, including unemployment, marriage and family, residential stability, ethnic heterogeneity, social equality, social capital, social control, social isolation and social exclusion, community cohesion, trust and fear, traditions, morals and beliefs, language. These findings extend and elaborate Social Disorganization Theory in urban China. This book can be used as a textbook for college and Ph.D. students majoring in law and sociology, as well as a reference book for professionals in related fields. Although academic, this book is written in such a way that it will also appeal to a general audience.

Authors and Affiliations

  • International institution of criminal justice, Southwest University of Politic Science and Law, Chongqing, China

    Haiyan Xiong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study of Three Communities in Guangzhou

  • Authors: Haiyan Xiong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-859-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-857-1Published: 12 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1315-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-859-5Published: 19 October 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Human Geography, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

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