Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China : An Inquiry ...

by Anqi Shen

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Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China : An Inquiry into Rural Migrant Offenders, Hardcover by Shen, Anqi, ISBN 3030006735, ISBN-13 9783030006730, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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, prejudices against rural migrants, and other structural problems – often lead to migrant offending.

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783030006730
• Condition: Fine

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