Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong

by Chui; Eric Wing Hong

• ISBN13: 9781843923008
• ISBN10: 1843923009
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Willan

Summary

Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kongprovides a much-needed overview of the criminal justice system in Hong Kong. It is designed to be used as a text for students studying this subject as part of a wider course in criminal justice, police studies, law or social work, and for practitioners working in Hong Kong in the police, prisons, probation, voluntary agencies and other criminal justice personnel. It will also be an invaluable source of information about how criminal justice operates in Hong Kong in the context of broader courses in comparative criminal justice. This book outlines the basic concepts of criminal law in Hong Kong, and analyses the process of the criminal justice system, ranging from the report of a crime through to the correctional system. At the same time it examines how the criminal justice personnel or actors work in practice, and how they deal with the offenders and victims during the criminal justice process. Throughout the book readers are also encouraged to consider the arguments and debates that surround the controversial issues in the Hong Kong criminal justice system.

Table of Contents

Introduction: understanding policing

Policing in Comparative and Historical Perspective

Models in policing

Policing before the police

The birth and development of the police

Policing since 1945Tim Newburn

The context of policing

The pattern of transnational policing

Plural policing in the UK: policing beyond the police

Policing in Scotland

The police service of Northern Ireland

The police organisation

Police cultures

Police powers

Policing and the media

Doing Policing

Crime reduction and community safety

Modern approaches to policing: community, problem-oriented and intelligence-led

'Interpretations for action?': definitions and potential of crime analysis for policing

Criminal investigation and crime control

Police use of force, firearms and riot-control

Drugs policing

Themes and debates in policing

Policing minority ethnic communities

Gender and policing

Policing and ethics

The accountability of policing

Leadership and performance management

Policing and forensic science

Restorative justice, victims and the police

The future of policing

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