Citation

Zhong LY, Broadhurst RG. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2007; 51(1): 52-67.

Affiliation

City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X06294429

PMID

17210656

Abstract

This article describes a community crime prevention program in China, set against a background of rapid economic development, large internal population migration, and increasing crime rates. Traditional social control in China has been transformed to adapt to the new reform era, yet some mechanisms remain intact. Crime prevention measures and strategies resemble those adopted in the West; however, the differences, constituting the so-called Chinese characteristics with community crime prevention are significant.

Language: en