Petition Against the Police: Conflicts Between Police and Civilians in China, 2003–2012 (IPP Studies in the Frontiers of China’s Public Policy)

Foreword by Zheng Yongnian
Foreword by He Xuefeng
Contents
About the Author
List of Main Characters
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
	Start from “Justice (青天)”
		“Justice” and “Injustice”
		Accidental Petition Result
		The Way to Safeguard Rights through Petition Narrows
		Petition Rediscovery
	Petition and Petition Against the Police
	Literature Review and Research Approach
	Data Source
	References
2 Overview of the Petition Against the Police: Data Analysis
	Appeals of Petitions Against the Police
		Overview
		Appeals Classified by Object
		Appeals Classified by Process
		Causal Events of Petitions Against the Police
	Repeat Petition and First Petition
	Rural–Urban Differences in the Petition Against the Police
	Conclusion
		Urbanization Promotes the Rise of Petition Trend
		Individual Petition Is a More Serious Problem than Group Petition
		Public Security Case Is Easier to Trigger Petition Against the Police
		The Petition Against the Police Is Easier to Trigger in Rural Areas
		The Petition Against the Police Has Gradually Become a Means for Seeking Private Profits
		Standardization of Law Enforcement is not Bound to Result in the Decrease of Petition Against the Police
	References
3 Why the Police Are “Accused”?
	Police and Corruption
	“Five Prohibitions” and Others
	Law Enforcement Flaw
	The First Form of Misconduct
	References
4 Policing Supervision and Panopticism
	“Supervision Storm”
	Technology of Power of “Policing Supervision”
	Organizational Network of Policing Supervision
	Policing Supervision Under Panopticism
	Reference
5 Zero Tolerance and “Nonfeasance for Fear of Complaint”
	Zero Tolerance Policy
	A System That Allows No Mistakes
	Ungrounded Complaint and No-Fault Punishment
	“Nonfeasance for Fear of Complaint”
	References
6 “Petition Temptation” and Irrational Petition
	“Accuse the Police”
	Judge “the Judge”
	Formation of “Petition Temptation”
	Make an Irrational Petition
	References
7 “Petition” Against “Petition”
	“The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease”
	Irrationalization of Rational Petition
	“Unruly People” or the People?
	“Self-Denial” of Petition System
	References
8 Excessive Discipline and the Second Form of Police’s Misconduct
	Fight “Nonfeasance for Fear of Complaint”
	“The Second Form of Misconduct”
	“Unprincipledness” Against “Unprincipledness”
	Self-Opposition and Nihilism
	Reference
9 Petition Governance and Its Dialectics
	Petition and Rule of Law
	Irrational Petition Governance
	Dialectics of Petition Governance
	Petition Rediscovery: Power Discipline and Right Cost
	References
10 Conclusion
	Petition Governance and Power Decision-Making Ability
	Construction of Law Enforcement Standardization and Legal Involution
	Reconstruction of Power Decision-Making Ability
	References
Postscript
Index