Carol Jones, Jon Vagg

Criminal Justice in Hong Kong

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evaluating Hong Kong¿s criminal justice system, with a wealth of archival material and statistical data, this book, shows how the it has been influenced and shaped over time by Hong Kong¿s historical positioning between `East¿ and `West¿.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781845680381
• ISBN-10: 1845680383
• Artikelnr.: 21968929

Autorenporträt

Carol Jones is Professor of Law at the University of Glamorgan. She previously worked in Hong Kong, is currently engaged in an empirical socio-legal study of crime and justice in China, and remains a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong. Jon Vagg previously taught at the University of Hong Kong. He has written widely on crime and criminal justice in Hong Kong, as well as crime in the UK, Europe and the Asian region.

Inhaltsangabe

Crime in the Colonial Narratives of Hong Kong. Crime Data 1842-2002. Hong Kong Crime Figures and the Changing Perception of the 'Crime Problem'. The Formation of the Hong Kong Police
Prison Service
Prosecution
Courts and Judiciary. Shifts in Law and Order Policy. 'Native Policing'. Labour Unrest
Political Agitation and Public Order 1841-2001. The 'China' Factor in the Nineteenth
Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries. Crime
Corruption and the Hong Kong Identity