Politics,power and prevention: The People's Republic of China case |
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| Institution: | 1. Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China;2. School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China;1. Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3 N6, Canada;2. Environment Canada, Water Science & Technology, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6, Canada;3. Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair EPFL-ENAC-IEE-APHYS, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | The article emphasizes the play of political power as a dimension of crime prevention and the special relevance of that relationship to the People's Republic of China. Prevention is embedded in the PRC macro-control system, which uses all elements of power in managing deviants and nondeviants simultaneously. The Maoist ideology has been sustained through “political education” that takes advantage of the traditional cultural acceptance of intervention before a legally-defined criminal act has been committed. Recent developments in the PRC, however, suggest that the macro-control props of political education are being weakened, as indicated by the recent resort to crime control methods. It appears that, although the uniqueness of the Chinese sociocultural system must be recognized, the PRC regime faces some of the problems faced by western societies that must share power in endeavoring to implement prevention programs. |
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