Progress and Future Directions of Crime Research in China with Selected Case Studies

• Published date: 01 July 2017
• DOI: 10.1177/0022427817698727
• Date: 01 July 2017
• Author: Jessica C. M. Li,Lin Liu
• Subject Matter: Articles

Article

Progress and

Future Directions of

Crime Research in

China with Selected

Case Studies

Lin Liu

1,2

and Jessica C. M. Li

3

Abstract

This special issue of the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency pre-

sents four articles that expand our theoretical and empirical understanding

of crime and its prevention in contemporary China. Undertaken mostly by

Chinese scholars, these articles are theory-driven inquires that utilize

original data to examine critical criminological issues in transitional China.

Two of the four papers were initially presented at the 2015 Conference on

Crime Geography and Crime Analysis, an annua l conference hosted in

Guangzhou in early July each year. In addition to introducing these four

articles, this paper also provides a summary on progress, challenge, oppor-

tunities and future direction of crime research in China.

Keywords

crime research in China, case studies, special issue

1

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

2

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

3

City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Corresponding Author:

Lin Liu, Center of Integrated Geographic Information Analysis, School of Geography and

Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Emails: liulin2@mail.sysu.edu.cn; lin.liu@uc.edu

Journal of Research in Crime and

Delinquency

2017, Vol. 54(4) 447-453

ªThe Author(s) 2017

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