Regulating private affairs in contemporary China: Private investigators and the policing of spousal infidelity

Jeffreys, E

Regulating private affairs in contemporary China: Private investigators and the policing of spousal infidelity

Jeffreys, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: China Information, 2010, 24 (2), pp. 149 - 167
Issue Date:: 2010-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Jeffreys, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-7080	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	China Information, 2010, 24 (2), pp. 149 - 167	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0920-203X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14119
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the recent emergence of China's private investigation industry, focusing on investigators of spousal infidelity. It outlines the professed business rationales of private investigators that target women experiencing marital crises, including claims that they provide a necessary social service, protect women's rights, promote anti-corruption measures, and uphold Chinese law. It also details growing criticisms of China's "infidelity sleuths" for violating Chinese law and citizens' rights. Finally, the article examines some of the proposed responses to the problems associated with private investigators and the policing of infidelity. The demand for such services highlights the laissez-faire position that economic reform has increasingly forced China's governmental authorities to assume with regard to regulating the private affairs of Chinese citizens. © The Author(s) 2010.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0985709
dc.relation.ispartof	China Information	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0920203X09356047	en_US
dc.title	Regulating private affairs in contemporary China: Private investigators and the policing of spousal infidelity	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	24	en_US
utslib.for	200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality	en_US
utslib.for	200202 Asian Cultural Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

This article examines the recent emergence of China's private investigation industry, focusing on investigators of spousal infidelity. It outlines the professed business rationales of private investigators that target women experiencing marital crises, including claims that they provide a necessary social service, protect women's rights, promote anti-corruption measures, and uphold Chinese law. It also details growing criticisms of China's "infidelity sleuths" for violating Chinese law and citizens' rights. Finally, the article examines some of the proposed responses to the problems associated with private investigators and the policing of infidelity. The demand for such services highlights the laissez-faire position that economic reform has increasingly forced China's governmental authorities to assume with regard to regulating the private affairs of Chinese citizens. © The Author(s) 2010.

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