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oapen-20.500.12657-338052023-08-17T09:35:41Z Business and the Risk of Crime in China Broadhurst, Roderic Bacon-Shone, John Bouhours, Brigitte Bouhours, Thierry Kingwa, Lee criminal justice 21st century crime commercial crimes costs china Bribery Extortion Fraud Hong Kong Shanghai Shenzhen Victimisation Xi'an bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure::LNFB Criminal justice law The book analyses the results of a large scale victimisation survey that was conducted in 2005-06 with businesses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi’an. It also provides comprehensive background materials on crime and the criminal justice system in China. The survey, which measured common and non-conventional crime such as fraud, IP theft and corruption, is important because few crime victim surveys have been conducted with Chinese populations and it provides an understanding of some dimensions of crime in non-western societies. In addition, China is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and it attracts a great amount of foreign investment; however, corruption and economic crimes are perceived by some investors as significant obstacles to good business practices. Key policy implications of the survey are discussed. 2013-11-05 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:56:42Z 2020-04-01T14:56:42Z 2011 book 458836 OCN: 801422797 9781921862533 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33805 eng application/pdf n/a 458836.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/asian-studies-series/business_risk_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_458836 10.26530/OAPEN_458836 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781921862533 298 Canberra open access
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The book analyses the results of a large scale victimisation survey that was conducted in 2005-06 with businesses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi’an. It also provides comprehensive background materials on crime and the criminal justice system in China. The survey, which measured common and non-conventional crime such as fraud, IP theft and corruption, is important because few crime victim surveys have been conducted with Chinese populations and it provides an understanding of some dimensions of crime in non-western societies. In addition, China is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and it attracts a great amount of foreign investment; however, corruption and economic crimes are perceived by some investors as significant obstacles to good business practices. Key policy implications of the survey are discussed.
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