Delinquency and its prevention in China

Since the late 1970s, crime and delinquency in China have been increasing. The author gives a brief description of the actual situation of juvenile de linquency in China. He points our that although in recent years the increas ed rate of juvenile delinquency was lower than that of adult crime, public concern has been raised about crimes such as robbery, gang crime, and juven ile drug use. Based on a survey of 2,000 randomly sampled delinquents, the author presents some primary interpretations of the social factors of delin quency in China. A brief description of the preventive measures used agains t juvenile crime in China is presented.