Abstract
Crime is not unique to any single society, but it is best controlled in societies characterized by strong familism and communitarianism, where citizens are active in participating in the order maintenance. In light of recent socio-economic changes in China and the efforts to adopt Western-style professional policing and formal social control, this paper argues instead that it is the informal process that should be strengthened to achieve long-term social stability. Short of creating a dictatorship, police can only make marginal difference in the rise and fall of crime rate. Ultimately what matters the most is community self-policing.
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