Springer Wayward Dragon: White-Collar and Corporate Crime in China (Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research)

About the Author 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. Product Description 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. Review “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) Review Ghazi-Tehrani and Pontell’s important book offers a comparative analysis of white collar crime in China. Featuring a treasure trove of white-collar crime case studies and situated in the broader criminological literature, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in corruption, corporate crime, comparative criminology and Chinese law and society. - Benjamin van Rooij, Chair in Law and Society, University of Amsterdam, Global Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, USA A brilliant comparative analysis of Chinese white-collar and corporate crime, documenting that the effects of state and upper-class profit-seeking crime mirror those of street crime. The Chinese rhetoric of “class-struggle” is turned on its head. The book proves that corruption kills. - Børge Bakken, Visiting Fellow, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University My book of the year, and perhaps the decade. Well written, edgy, theoretical, and disturbing, it illuminates how white-collar and corporate crime have been silent companions of China’s glamorous economic growth over the past four decades. - Liqun Cao, Professor, Ontario Tech University, Ontario, Canada Filling a sizable gap in the literature regarding the pervasive problem of white-collar crime in China, this book avoids the simplistic “China-bashing” often found in the popular media, focusing instead on broader societal, political and economic conditions that have made China a dominant global