The Chinese Mafia
Subtitle: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-Legal Protection
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 26, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780198758402
Description: Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, 'The Chinese Mafia' contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors - corrupt public officials and street gangsters - emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society. China's economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions.
Notes: Source title: The Chinese Mafia: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-Legal Protection (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)