Provincial laws on the protection of women in China: A partial test of Black's theory

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-39

  Lu, Hong ^a   Miethe, Terance D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black's theory of behavior of law; China; Legal protection of women; Women's status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PROTECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; STRATIFICATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CHINA; CRIMINOLOGY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33846010470     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294431     Document Type: Article

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