Criminal victimization in contemporary China: a review of the evidence and challenges for future research

Zhuo, Yue; Messner, Steven F.; Zhang, Lening

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“…Unlike in the United States where research on crime victimization has blossomed during the past decade (Zhuo et al, 2008), victimization studies in China are at an infant stage of development. The only two large-scale victimization surveys conducted in Chinese cities include the Beijing survey, implemented as part of the International Crime Victim Survey in the early 1990s, and a more recent survey conducted in Tianjin.…”

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“…It will be interesting to look into whether and how risky lifestyles (a manifestation of social changes) will mediate the effect of low self-control (a manifestation of personal traits) on victimization among Chinese adolescents in a rapidly changing society. Third, research on victimization remains in its infant stage of development in China (Zhuo, Messner, & Zhang, 2008). Available literature is largely descriptive in nature, as testing of theoretical correlates of victimization is rare.…”

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Self-Control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: A Study With a Sample of Chinese School Youth

Ren

Zhao

et al. 2016

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Although the self-control–victimization link is now well established both theoretically and empirically within the North Atlantic circle, empirical testing of this linkage is lacking in the Far East where self-control has always been an intrinsic feature of its traditional culture. More recently, the coupling of lifestyle–routine activities theory with self-control has resulted in better understanding of both the individual and situational contexts associated with victimization experiences. This study examines the predictive power of low self-control on various forms of victimization and the mediating effects of risky lifestyles on such relationship in the Chinese setting. The data were collected from a sample of 2,961 high school students in a southern Chinese city. The results of logistic regression reveal that low self-control is positively associated with both violent and property victimizations, net of social attachment and demographic factors. In addition, risky lifestyle factors partially mediate the effects of low self-control on victimization.

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Self-Control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: A Study With a Sample of Chinese School Youth

Ren

Zhao

et al. 2016

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…Unlike in the United States where research on crime victimization has blossomed during the past decade (Zhuo, Messner, & Zhang, 2008), victimization studies in China are at an infant stage of development ). Zhao's study adds important insights to this underdeveloped yet important area.…”

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Introduction: Advancing Empirical Research on China’s Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice: Continuity and Expansion

Ren¹,

Zhang²

2018

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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“…4 The UNICVS was conducted face-to-face in Beijing in 1992 (see Zhu et al 1995) and again in 1996; however, data for the second survey in 1996 (participating in the third sweep of the UNICVS) was never published. In 2004, a multi-stage cluster sample of 2,474 Tianjin residents completed a self-administered questionnaire (over 95% response rate) that covered the following crimes: robbery, assault, personal theft, bicycle theft, swindling and burglary (for example, see Zhuo et al [2008] from among several publications from this survey). Also in 2005 the Taiwan National Police Agency undertook the Taiwan Areas Criminal Victimization survey (see Sheu et al 2005; and see also Kuo, Cuvelier and Chang 2009).…”

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Hong Kong International Violence Against Women Survey

Broadhurst¹,

Bouhours²,

Bacon‐Shone³

2015

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Violence against women has not for too long been recognised as a real-world phenomenon and a policy issue at all. The International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) has proven to be an important instrument of awareness-raising regarding this issue, and of specifying the nature of the problem and many of the special needs of women victims of violence. Such considerations were behind the development of the IVAWS, which representatives of Statistics Canada, HEUNI and UNICRI started to promote in the 1990s, inspired by the success of the ICVS, as well as its critics who maintained that this 'general' victimisation instrument was not sufficiently sensitive to capture the reality of female victimisation. Considerably earlier, 'general' victimisation surveys did the same for perceptions of overall victimisation matters. The IVAWS, then, represents a first attempt at making VAW not only visible but also comparable-indeed many IVAW surveys have often served both functions as they have in many cases also been the first survey of this kind in their respective countries. So it is with great interest that I introduce the first such study of a Chinese population using the IVAWS protocol. PREFACE This final report of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 1 contributes to research about violent victimisation of women in Chinese communities. Relatively few studies are available on the prevalence of violence against women in Asian societies in general and it would be very valuable if further studies, particularly in developing countries in Asia were undertaken. We hope that the publication of these survey findings and a further report on the same survey in Singapore due in the coming year will stimulate further practical and theoretical interest about the experience of women with violence in diverse cultures and settings. The Hong Kong IVAWS was conducted in 2006 by telephone and a face to face survey under the guidance of Chan Wing Chong (National University of Singapore) and colleagues was undertaken in Singapore in 2009. The IVAWS was conceived in 2003 under the auspices of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and the findings of the first sweep involving several countries, including

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Criminal victimization in contemporary China: a review of the evidence and challenges for future research

Cited by 20 publications

References 24 publications

Self-Control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: A Study With a Sample of Chinese School Youth

Self-Control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: A Study With a Sample of Chinese School Youth

Introduction: Advancing Empirical Research on China’s Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice: Continuity and Expansion

Hong Kong International Violence Against Women Survey

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