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Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China - An inquiry into rural migrant offenders (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Internal Migration, Crime, and Punishment in Contemporary China - An inquiry into rural migrant offenders (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research
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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, prejudices against
rural migrants, and other structural problems - often lead to
migrant offending. The author argues that to mitigate the effects
of criminalisation, the root causes of these problems should be
examined, emphasizing radical reforms to the hukou policy, cultural
change in urban society to welcome newcomers, positive programs to
integrate migrant workers into urban societies and improve their
opportunities, rather than inflicting harsher penalties or reducing
migration. While the research is based in China, it has clear
implications for other regions of the world, which are experiencing
similar tensions related to national and international migration.
This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and
criminal justice, particularly with an interest in Asia, as well as
those in related fields such as sociology, law and social justice.
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