Date of Award

Spring 2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Program/Concentration

Applied Sociology

Committee Director

Xiushi Yang

Committee Member

Randy R. Gainey

Committee Member

Judi Caron-Sheppard

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.S62 L67 2006

Abstract

Since the late 70's in China there has been a dramatic increase in both the floating population and criminal activity. Members of the floating population, numbering between 79 and 145 million, live apart from their place of official permanent household registration (hukou) and are ineligible for the state-sanctioned social and economic benefits which accompany permanent hukou status. Although the literature and the media suggest that the floating population is to blame for the marked increase in criminal activity, few statistical studies examine the relationship between these two phenomena. This study used data from an extensive population based survey conducted in 2003 in China to examine the relationship between floating population status and criminal behavior, and the effect that certain demographic, social bond, and economic marginalization factors have upon this relationship. Results counter some of the popular notions about the role of the floating population in the rise of crime in China over the past few decades.

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DOI

10.25777/wda1-th94

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