{"product_id":"the-chinese-heroin-trade-9781479895403","title":"The Chinese Heroin Trade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a country long associated with the trade in opiates, the Chinese government has for decades applied extreme measures to curtail the spread of illicit drugs, only to find that the problem has worsened. Burma is blamed as the major producer of illicit drugs and conduit for the entry of drugs into China. Which organizations are behind the heroin trade? What problems and prospects of drug control in the so-called Golden Triangle drug-trafficking region are faced by Chinese and Southeast Asian authorities? In The Chinese Heroin Trade, noted criminologists Ko-Lin Chin and Sheldon Zhangexamine the social organization of the trafficking of heroin from the Golden Triangle to China and the wholesale and retail distribution of the drug in China. Based on face-to-face interviews with hundreds of incarcerated drug traffickers, street-level drug dealers, users, and authorities, paired with extensive fieldwork in the border areas of Burma and China and several major urban centers in China and Sout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chin and Zhang are among the most influential criminologists working today, with a well-deserved international reputation. In this book, they join forces to bring us a most illuminating and ground-breaking study of a neglected topic, the rise of China as a major consumer of heroin. I doubt anybody can match their ingenuity and dedication to high quality scholarship, but we can all learn from them and admire.\" -- Federico Varese,author of Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories\u003cbr\u003e\"Ko-lin Chin and Sheldon Zhang have produced an in-depth study of the political realities, social significance and dynamics of the heroin trade in Southeast Asia. This is an important book for those who would understand the cultivation and production of heroin, drug markets and drug use. There is perhaps no other team so well-suited to illuminate this topic and this book will be a valuable reference for years to come. It is a testament to the skills and experience of these two outstanding researchers.\" -- Scott Decker,author of Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community\u003cbr\u003e\"This comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of a particular illegal market about which little has been known to date. This book makes a valuable addition to the still only small number of case studies that permit a comparison of the structure and dynamics of illegal markets across, space, time and socio-political contexts.\" -- Klaus von Lampe,co-author of Crime Business and Crime Money in Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents      1. The Chinese Connection 1      2. The Drug Market in Burma 24      3. Wholesale Heroin Trafficking 58      4. Low-Level Heroin Trafficking: Ants-Moving-House 85      5. The Social Organization of Entrepreneurial Traffickers 109      6. The Retail Heroin Market in China 135      7. Women in the Heroin Trade 173      8. Drug Treatment with a Chinese Characteristic 197      9. Combating Drug Trafficking 220      10. Conclusion 247      Notes259      References273      Index289      About the Authors303","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409094943063,"sku":"9781479895403","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479895403.jpg?v=1730505423","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-chinese-heroin-trade-9781479895403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}