Urban Crime and Social Disorganization in China: A Case Study of Three Communities in Guangzhou

by Haiyan Xiong

Book Overview

The book selects Guangzhou, which has the highest crime rate in China, as a research site to study patterns of crime and social disorganization. It combines methods of content analyses with ethnographic fieldwork. The research first selected 1422 crime cases reported by the influential Southern Metropolis Daily in 2013 to identify the general crime-distribution pattern. The findings suggest that both spatial and demographic-density distribution of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812878572
• ISBN13: 9789812878571
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"