Policing in Hong Kong
Subtitle: research and practice
By: Kam C. Wong
Series: Palgrave advances in criminology and criminal justice in Asia
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781137557070
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; Police administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research; Police; Criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Research
Description: "Includes a foreword by Hans Toch, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York. This comprehensive book examines the state of research on policing in Hong Kong. It surveys the history and development of the field of police studies in Hong Kong, and examines the various methods, problems and prospects in the field. It proceeds by presenting the adverse effects of a-theoretical research and practice in policing, and compares the state of play of policing research in Hong Kong to Western contexts. The book advances the emerging field of research by proposing a focus on 'inside-out' and 'bottom-up' research, particularly involving the voices of frontline police officers in Hong Kong. It also assesses the impact of the state's change of sovereignty and the apparent radicalisation of policing. Given both its depth and breadth of focus, Policing in Hong Kong will be of great interest to both scholars and students, as well as police practitioners, interested in the development and future advancement of policing studies"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Foreword; Professor Hans Toch; title: PART I: STUDY AND RESEARCH; title: 1. Study and Research; title: 2. Literature Review; title: 3. A-Theoretical Policing; title: 4. Expectation Policing; title: 5. Research Method; title: PART II: CULTURE AND PRACTICE; title: 6. Hong Kong Police Culture and Practice; title: 7. Future of Policing in Hong Kong.