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Review of Børge Bakken, Crime and the Chinese Dream

Review of Børge Bakken, Crime and the Chinese Dream Asian Journal of Criminology (2019) 14:259–260 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-019-09286-z BOOK REVIEW Review of Børge Bakken, Crime and the Chinese Dream Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-988-8208-66-1,180 pages, Hardback. HK$330 (Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, and Taiwan only); US$45 (Other Countries) Liang Chen Received: 22 April 2019 / Accepted: 23 April 2019 / Published online: 17 May 2019 Springer Nature B.V. 2019 In the preface of Crime and the Chinese Dream, the editor Børge Bakken Bhopes to form some kind of loosely defined school of China’s criminology and sociology^. While whether he has achieved his goal is better left to the judgement of the audience, I find this thin book quite readable thanks to its analytical clarity and anecdotal narratives. The five case studies include urban corrupted doctors, fraudster Bcake uncles^ with a rural background, destitute motorcycle taxi drivers, drug detainers, and internet-addicted youth receiving electrocution treatment. A selection of work on criminality, victimisation, punishment and social control that insinuated various social strata in modernising China is provided and illuminated by crime theories, culture and ideology, ushering us to the darkness that lurks behind the Chinese dream. The Chinese dream, as laid out in the introduction, is Bessentially a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Børge Bakken, Crime and the Chinese Dream

Chen, Liang
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 14 (3) – May 17, 2019
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Criminology and Criminal Justice; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Social Sciences, general; Political Science; Law, general
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Asian Journal of Criminology (2019) 14:259–260 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-019-09286-z BOOK REVIEW Review of Børge Bakken, Crime and the Chinese Dream Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-988-8208-66-1,180 pages, Hardback. HK$330 (Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, and Taiwan only); US$45 (Other Countries) Liang Chen Received: 22 April 2019 / Accepted: 23 April 2019 / Published online: 17 May 2019 Springer Nature B.V. 2019 In the preface of Crime and the Chinese Dream, the editor Børge Bakken Bhopes to form some kind of loosely defined school of China’s criminology and sociology^. While whether he has achieved his goal is better left to the judgement of the audience, I find this thin book quite readable thanks to its analytical clarity and anecdotal narratives. The five case studies include urban corrupted doctors, fraudster Bcake uncles^ with a rural background, destitute motorcycle taxi drivers, drug detainers, and internet-addicted youth receiving electrocution treatment. A selection of work on criminality, victimisation, punishment and social control that insinuated various social strata in modernising China is provided and illuminated by crime theories, culture and ideology, ushering us to the darkness that lurks behind the Chinese dream. The Chinese dream, as laid out in the introduction, is Bessentially a

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