Business and the Risk of Crime in China

Organized crime and illegal gambling: How do illegal gambling enterprises respond to the challenges posed by their illegality in China?

“…The authors selected Chongqing-a major city in Southwest China-and Qingdao-a port city in eastern Shandong Province-as primary sites for data collection. The choice of Chongqing is because a large number of criminal groups, including many illegal gambling enterprises, were dismantled by a crime crackdown organized by the Chongqing government from June 2009 to November 2011 (see Broadhurst, 2013;Broadhurst, Bouhours, & Bouhours, 2012;Wang, 2013a). The Chongqing crime crackdown is one of the most influential and widely publicized ''anti-mafia campaigns'' of the century.…”

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“…The second category, cognitive analytical insights, or business intelligence, leverages computer algorithms to comb through large amounts of data, detect patterns, and then alert end users or respective parties when their attention is needed. For example, the fraud department of a large bank can use a fraud analytics solution to comb through all transactions for a customer within a given time to check if any combination of the data matches a pre-determined list of conditions or patterns (Broadhurst et al, 2011). If the system detects a pattern, the system generates an alert, and the relevant information is sent to respective users and parties to pursue next steps and actions as needed.…”

Confidence in the criminal justice system: Differences between citizens and criminal justice officials in China

“…A more recent study used data from a victimization survey of 5117 businesses in four cities of China (including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Xi'an) to examine satisfaction with the police (Broadhurst et al, 2013). The finding showed that half of the sample were satisfied with law enforcement agencies.…”