Political Science
Policing Modern China
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The study of policing in China is a small but growing subfield with critical insights for law and society scholars. This article examines the fundamentals of policing, tracing the organization’s history and institutional basics before turning to a review of the emerging literature. Scholars have made headway analyzing topics like policing practices, social control, public relations, and police perspectives, but there is still much work to be done. Partly because research on the police faces methodological challenges, the literature is uneven, leaving gaps in our knowledge about key issues such as police corruption, regional variation, and the relationship between police and private security groups. By outlining what we do and do not know about policing in China, this article parses the field’s best answers to questions of how police officers and the Public Security Bureau enforce state mandates and respond to challenges on the ground.
Publication Title
China Law and Society Review
Publication Date
2018
Volume
3
Issue
2
First Page
79
Last Page
117
ISSN
2542-7458
DOI
10.1163/25427466-00302001
Keywords
China, crime, police reform, policing, Public Security Bureau, stability maintenance
Repository Citation
Scoggins, Suzanne E., "Policing Modern China" (2018). Political Science. 78.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_political_science/78
