Legitimization imperative: the production of crime statistics in Guangzhou, China : Jianhua Xu

Although an authoritarian regime is often assumed to manipulate its various statistics for political needs and to maintain its legitimacy, we know little about how such manipulation is accomplished and under what circumstances. Using data collected from yearly published official crime reports, a uni...

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Main Author: Xu, Jianhua 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 155–176
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