caa a22 4500 445805706 CHVBK 20180317145155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9289-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9289-2 Formalizing China's armed police: the 2009 PAP Law [Elektronische Daten] [Yuning Wu, Ivan Sun, Aaron Fichtelberg] While the People's Armed Police (PAP) has existed in China for over 26years, the force's operations, powers and duties have never been formally stipulated. On August 27, 2009, the People's Armed Police Law was passed by the National People's Congress. The PAP Law, which contains seven chapters and 38 articles, covers the main areas of the tasks and responsibility, duties and power, safeguard measures, discipline and supervision, and legal responsibilities of the force. The implementation of the PAP Law represents a benchmark development in the history of the Chinese policing. It not only signals official recognition of the need to enhance the legitimacy of China's social control apparatus, but also maps onto a larger developing trend of progressive legalization of Chinese order today. Although the law provides a legal basis for the existence and functions of a force that plays a critical role in China's security and stability today, some issues about the boundaries of power and procedures of operation for the PAP remain unaddressed. To what extent that this law will improve the legitimacy and subsequently strengthen the performance of the PAP force is an open question. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Wu Yuning Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, 48202, Detroit, MI, USA aut Sun Ivan Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA aut Fichtelberg Aaron Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA aut Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/3(2011-10-01), 243-263 0925-4994 56:3<243 2011 56 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9289-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9289-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Yuning Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, 48202, Detroit, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sun Ivan Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fichtelberg Aaron Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/3(2011-10-01), 243-263 0925-4994 56:3<243 2011 56 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer