Wayward Dragon

This book provides a novel criminological understanding of white-collar crime and corporate lawbreaking in China focusing on: lack of reliable official data, guanxi and corruption, state-owned enterprises, media censorship, enforcement and regulatory capacity.

The text begins with an introduction to the topic placing it in global perspective, followed by chapters examining the importance of comparative study, corruption as a major crime in China, case studies and etiology, domestic, regional and global consequences, and concluding theoretical and policy issues that can inform future research.

Documents major forms and cases of white-collar and corporate crime in the context of Chinese society Discusses regulatory and enforcement mechanisms, limitations, and effects of corporate crimes domestically and globally Provides a comparative framework for examining offenses that informs future comparative research

Auteur
Adam K. Ghazi-Tehrani is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. He has written extensively on white-collar crime in China, cybercrime and hate crime and serves on the Executive Board of the Division of White-Collar and Corporate Crime of the American Society of Criminology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. Henry N. Pontell is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California Irvine. An internationally recognized scholar, his research on white-collar crime includes studies in China and countries throughout Asia. He is a past president of the Western Society of Criminology and vice-president of the American Society of Criminology, and is a fellow of both organizations.

Résumé
"The authors ... are prolific scholars who have emmeshed themselves in white-collar research and comparative studies, with a particular focus on China. The result is this enlightening, informative, and up-to-date case study of Chinese white-collar crime ... . Drawing on a variety of data sources, including published articles, books, reports, and interviews with dozens of academics and criminal justice practitioners across a decade (2009-18), this book is a must-read for students and scholars who are interested in white-collar crime." (Hong Lu and Shujing Shi, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, clcjbooks.rutgers.edu, June, 2023)
"This book makes an important contribution to the further study of white-collar crime in China. Those who are interested in Chinese crime problems, particularly for white-collar and corporate crime, will find it valuable and beneficial. ... The book is based on case analysis. Readers will be interested in the criteria of how these cases are selected." (Mengliang Dai, Asian Journal of Criminology, Vol. 18 (1), 2023)

Contenu
Chapter 1: An Overview of White-Collar and Corporate Chime in China.- Chapter 2: Comparative Criminology and White-Collar Crime.- Chapter 3: Corruption in China.- Chapter 4: Case Studies.- Chapter 5. Domestic, Regional, and Global Consequences.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.