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#週三性別座談會

Date: March 11, 2026 (Wed)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00
Venue: Hui Yeung Shing Building G01, CUHK
Language: English

Speaker: GU Yuxuan, Gloria
(PhD. Candidate, Gender Studies Programme and Department of Psychology, CUHK)

Moderator: Prof. ZHONG Hua Sara
(Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK)

Abstract

This study examines the structural and spatial drivers of violent crime in contemporary China by integrating Institutional Anomie Theory with perspectives on regional interdependence and social inequality. Drawing on large-scale judgment documents from China Judgments Online, it employs computational text mining and multi-source data integration to construct a nationwide dataset on violent crime. The analysis demonstrates that institutional imbalances are strongly associated with violent crime rates and that crime risks extend beyond local boundaries through both geographic proximity and population-migration-based social networks. Additionally, structural gender inequality shapes the risk of female-victim intimate partner violence, with its effects similarly diffusing across regions via the spatial and social channels. Overall, the findings highlight the intertwined roles of institutional anomie, spatial spillovers, and inequality in shaping violent crime patterns in China, offering theoretical contributions and policy-relevant insights for coordinated crime prevention.

Speaker’s Biography

GU Yuxuan Gloria is a PhD candidate in the Gender Studies Programme and the Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include gender issues in crime and criminal justice, computational social science methods, and population health. She has gained practical experience through her work in public security bureaus and law firms. She is currently working on research that examines social development and criminal offences based on large-scale Chinese judgment documents.