Contesting Crimmigration in Post-hukou China by Tian Ma

Contesting Crimmigration in Post-hukou China by Tian Ma

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Contesting Crimmigration in Post-hukou China by Tian Ma

This book focuses on the criminalization trend and process regarding the internal migration in contemporary China from the perspective Law-in-Action. In Chinese society today, internal migrants are commonly perceived as criminals. Crimmigration, a global term that communicated the convergence of the criminal legal system and the immigration enforcement system, manifest itself in China’s hukou-based (also known as the household registration system) criminal legal system. How hukou has been constructed into the concept of Crimmigration in China strikes at the core of the ultimate questions of this book: who is being criminalized, how does the political-economic-cultural institution known as ‘hukou’ shape the criminal justice process, and how has the role of hukou changed over time in the ever-changing process? Drawing on interviews with police, prosecutors, criminal lawyers & judges, prison staff and migrant leaders in Yangtze River Delta, China, this book reflects on a historical development on hukou and its function in social control. Each chapter contributes to an extended analysis of pragmatic aspects of decision-making moments in the criminal justice system. This book will appeal to criminology researchers and students with in interest in law, politics, migration, and citizenship in contemporary China.

“Ma’s book is particularly well structured and researched and … inspiring for both crimmigration experts interested in the Chinese immigration enforcement landscape and Asian criminologists seeking a better understanding of the crimmigration fieldThe monograph consist of eight chapters that systematically explore various aspects necessary to comprehend … . Contesting Crimmigration in Post-hukou China provides new insights to scrutinize both crimmigration practices in economically developing countries and authoritarian penal practices in liberal democracies. Ma’s monograph is innovative … .” (Cristina Fernández‑Bessa, Asian Journal of Criminology, Vol.19 (2), 2024)

Dr. Tian Ma is Lecturer of Criminology at De Montfort University Leicester, United Kingdom. She has completed her dual PhD in Cultural and Global Criminology at University of Kent and Utrecht University in 2019. Tian’s main research interests center around issues of migration and crime with a particular focus on crimmigration on the one hand and border criminology on the other.

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ISBN 13 9783031076763
ISBN 10 3031076761
Title Contesting Crimmigration in Post-hukou China
Author Tian Ma
Series Springer Series On Asian Criminology And Criminal Justice Research
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG
Year published 2023-08-13
Number of pages 218
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