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Article: Moral panics, crime rates and harsh punishment in China

TitleMoral panics, crime rates and harsh punishment in China
Authors
Bakken, B
Issue Date2004
PublisherAustralian Academic Press Pty Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/Publications/Journals/Criminology/Criminology.htm
Citation
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Criminology, 2004, v. 37 no. 1, suppl., p. 67-89 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048658040370S105
AbstractToday's extremely harsh sentencing regime in China, which includes extensive use of the death penalty, was triggered in particular by a moral panic about juvenile crime and to some extent economic crime in the early 1980s. The policy was justified by the belief that China was experiencing an extreme upsurge in crime. A critical look at Chinese crime rates over the last 25 years does not support this belief, however. Chinese reactions against crime instead have to be seen in terms of the regime's legitimacy and alleged defence of the social and moral order in a society undergoing rapid change.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/172341
ISSN
0004-8658
2022 Impact Factor: 2.7
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.627
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000227211600005
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