Full Description
Exploring the pressing issues of juvenile delinquency, victimization, and justice in Chinese societies, this book showcases contemporary research on these critical topics.
The collections provide a comprehensive examination of youth-related challenges and justice systems across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Featuring contributions from top scholars in the field, the book is presented in three thematic sections - the nature and correlates of juvenile delinquency, the nature and correlates of juvenile victimization, and juvenile justice in Chinese societies. The chapters, applying a variety of mainstream criminological theories, address both persistent and emerging challenges facing Chinese adolescents, such as drug use, sexual offenses, cyberbullying, and victimization among left-behind children. The book enhances the theoretical and empirical understanding of youth delinquency, victimization, and justice within Chinese societies, while advancing the knowledge base in the field and offering valuable insights for future international and comparative research.
Contributing to the apprehension of both the applicability and limitation of Western-based criminological theories in the Chinese context, as well as providing a holistic lens to understand the juvenile justice system in China, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Criminal Justice, Chinese Studies, Asian Studies, Sociology, Social Work, and Law.
Contents
1. Introduction: Past, Present, and Future. Part I. The Nature and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency 2. Understanding Juvenile Delinquency in Chinese Adolescents: A Comparative Study of Risk and Protective Factors for Juvenile Delinquency in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Macao 3. Explaining Juvenile Delinquency via Mainstream Criminological Theories: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies in Hong Kong 4. Using General Strain Theory to Explain the Effects of Academic Performance on Students' Aggression Behaviors in Taiwan 5. What Has Changed and What Has Not: The Past Three Decades of Adolescent Drug Use in Hong Kong. Part II. The Nature and Correlates of Juvenile Victimization 6. A Sketch of Juvenile Victimization in Mainland China 7. Bullying Victimization, Perceived Social Support, and Depression among Chinese Middle School Students 8. Sex Offenses against Minors in China: An Empirical Examination of Victimization 9. Parental Migration and Children's Exposure to Victimization in China. Part III. Juvenile Justice in Chinese Societies 10. Juvenile Justice in China: A Possible Responsive Pyramid? 11. Juvenile Justice in Taiwan
