Crime in Relation to Social Change in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2199129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ching-Yueh Yen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 298-308 |
| Publication date | 1934-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/216743 |
| OpenAlex | W1968281994 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
In the old Chinese society, individuals were confronted with very powerful traditions, which determined behavior to the minutest detail, and were assured of swift punishment in case of nonconformity. Consequently crime, in the Western sense, was not a serious problem. But recently China's social equilibrium has been so disturbed by the Western influence that the old rules are no longer effective. The result has been a destruction of the old social institutions; different types of crimes have developed and increased along with other social problems. An analysis of the available material suggests that crime in China has been intimately involved with three distinctive aspects of social change. These three aspects are: (1) crime as conflict between law and the mores; (2) crime as the only practical way of making a living; (3) crime as a positive reaction to the failure of social control and as a response to social disorganization
China · Criminology · Economics · Mores · Nonconformity · Political science · Politics · Punishment (psychology) · Social change · Social conflict · Social control · Social science · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2023 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |