Comparative Criminology in Asia

In: Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research

Abstract

Acknowledgements -- About the Editors -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia -- Developments in Western Criminology -- A Comparative Approach -- The Structure of this Collection -- References -- Part I: Why Compare? Asian Countries, the West and Comparative Criminology -- Introduction to Part I -- References -- Chapter 2: The New Asian Paradigm: A Relational Approach -- Prospects and Challenges for an Asian Criminology -- The Development of a New Asian Paradigm -- Differential Association/Social Learning Theory -- General Strain Theory -- Self-Control Theory -- Social Control Theory -- Social Capital Theory -- Routine Activity Theory -- Self-Control Theory -- Situational Action Theory (SAT) -- Institutional Anomie Theory -- The Western Paradigm -- The Asian Paradigm -- Implications for Access to Justice -- Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 3: Asian Values, Crime and Social Change -- Two Traditions on Comparison -- Asian Values and Crime -- Asian Nationalists in Singapore and Malaysia -- Cultural Nationalism in China -- Criminal Justice Professionals on the Crime Problem -- An Indigenous Criminologist on the Low Crime Rate in Asia -- Indigenous Criminologists on Rising Crime -- Investigating Crime and Social Change: An Interpretive Research Programme -- References -- Chapter 4: Comparative Empirical Co-ordinates and the Dynamics of Criminal Justice in China and the West -- Introduction -- Police -- Prosecutors -- Judges -- Legitimacy -- Legitimacy and the Criminal Justice System: England and Wales -- The Spatial Dimensions of the Law -- Legitimation in China (Lawyers) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Asian Criminology and Southern Epistemologies -- Southern Epistemologies -- The Importance of Asian Criminology in Challenging Northern Hegemonies -- References