- Title
- China's domestic migration and crime: A case study of Shanghai
- Creator
- Huang, Meiju; Jiang, Xiaoli
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/76347
- Identifier
- vital:7535
- Identifier
- ISSN:2324-755X
- Abstract
- After more than 35 years of economic reforms, China's urbanization has been increased from 17.92% in 1978 to 51.27% in 2011. A large number of migrants have moved from rural areas to large metropolitan cities, especially cities on the East coast and Southeast coast of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, seeking employment and better lives. However, the massive increase in city size has brought many issues such as overpopulation, traffic congestion, and crime. It is commonly believed that the influx of rural migrants is associated with increased crime. However, very few comprehensive studies based on reliable crime records have been conducted in China. This paper investigates the available crime records in five districts of Shanghai between 2008 and 2012. It focuses on China's internal migration and associated crime rate using Shanghai as a case study. Analysis of China's historical, economic, social, and cultural factors is presented to interpret the outcomes of this investigation.
- Publisher
- Common Ground Publishing
- Relation
- International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Vol. 8, no. 4 (2015), p. 15-24
- Rights
- Copyright © Common Ground Publishing
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Crime; Migration; Rural migrants
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