Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-127) and index.
Contents:
Offending women in contemporary China : an introduction -- Researching Chinese female offenders : the methodology -- Female members of Black-Society style criminal organisations -- Female offenders who organised others for prostitution -- Female child traffickers.
Summary:
From the 1960s onwards, there has been an explosion of theory and research relating to gender, crime and justice in the West. However, very little is known about female criminality in contemporary China. Through an empirical inquiry into three categories of offending women, this book explores the socioeconomic conditions that facilitate womens' pathways into crime, and examines the interplay between gender, class, rapid social changes and female law-breaking in neoliberal China.
Series:
Palgrave pivot Palgrave advances in criminology and criminal justice in Asia
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