Official status and the swiftness of criminal arrest: A Chinese case of the impact of social position on criminal justice

Policing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-96

  Zhang, Lening ^a   Liu, Jianhong ^b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; China; Policing; Social values; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842615045     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510410519930     Document Type: Review

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