Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam

A complex examination of "criminality" and "the criminal" as constructs and active presences in Southeast Asia. Contributors explore such themes as surveillance, incarceration, law and custom, secrecy, and corruption. A fascinating study of power and subversion in the modern postcolonial nation-state. Contributors include Daniel S. Lev, Henk M. J. Maier, Rudolf Mrazek, James T. Siegel, and others. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: CRIMINALITY AND ITS OTHERS FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: OPTICS OF POLICING IN LATE-COLONIAL NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES COLONIAL CRIMINALS IN JAVA, 1870-1910 THE USUAL SUSPECTS: NARDONG PUTIK, DON PEPE OYSON, AND ROBIN HOOD SURVEILLANCE AND TERRITORIALITY IN BANDUNG "WHO WILL SAVE Us FROM THE LAW'?": THE CRIMINAL STATE AND THE ILLEGAL ALIEN IN POST-1986 PHILIPPINES THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN PRISON AND THE CASE OF INDOCHINA THE CRIMINAL REGIME: CRIMINAL PROCESS IN INDONESIA OPEN SECRETS: EXCERPTS FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH A JAVANESE LAWYER, AND A COMMENT A NEW CRIMINAL TYPE IN JAKARTA: THE NATIONALIZATION OF "DEATH" FLYING A KITE: THE CRIMES OF PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS