RT Article T1 Delinquency and Its Prevention in China JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology VO 43 IS 1 SP 61 OP 70 A1 Xiang, G. LA English YR 1999 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640107495 AB Since the late 1970s, crime and delinquency in China have been increasing. The author gives a brief description of the actual situation of juvenile delinquency in China. He points out that although in recent years the increased rate of juvenile delinquency was lower than that of adult crime, public concern has been raised about crimes such as robbery, gang crime, and juvenile drug use. Based on a survey of 2,000 randomly sampled delinquents, the author presents some primary interpretations of the social factors of delinquency in China. A brief description of the preventive measures used against juvenile crime in China is presented K1 Kriminalpolitik K1 Kriminalprävention K1 China DO 10.1177/0306624X99431006