A complex examination of "criminality" and "the criminal" as constructs and active presences in Southeast Asia. Contributors explore such themes as surveillance, incarceration, law and custom, secrecy, and corruption. A fascinating study of power and subversion in the modern postcolonial nation-state. Contributors include Daniel S. Lev, Henk M. J. Maier, Rudolf Mrazek, James T. Siegel, and others.
| ISBN: | 9780877277248 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1999 |
| Author: | Vicente L Rafael, Rudolf Mrázek, Socia1 Science Research Council US, American Council of Learned Societies |
| Publisher: | Southeast Asia Program Publications an imprint of Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 258 pages |
| Series: | Studies on Southeast Asia |
| Genres: |
Ethical issues and debates Crime and criminology Asian history |