Policing In Hong Kong

Author : Kam C. Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317079033

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This book is one of the first to document the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from the UK to China in 1997. Thematically organized and oriented towards those issues of greatest concern to the public, such as police accountability, assaults on police, police deployment, surveillance powers, and policing across borders, it provides a detailed discussion of these and other contemporary issues. The opening chapter sets the work within historical context while the final chapter provides a comparison of policing in Hong Kong with public security in the PRC. The book will be of value to students and researchers working in the area of comparative policing, and comparative criminal justice, as well as police professionals, and policy-makers.

Author : Kam C. Wong
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781439896440

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Policing in Hong Kong by Kam C. Wong Pdf

The HKP (Hong Kong Police), ‘Asia’s Finest’, is a battle-tested professional organization with strong leadership, competent staff, and deep culture. It is also a continuously learning and reforming agency in pursuit of organisational excellence. Policing in Hong Kong: History and Reform is the first and only book on the development of the Hong Kong Police from an inside out and bottom up perspective. Written by a scholar and veteran of the HKP, it is an amalgamation of indigenous theory and supporting data. Part One begins by describing the development of police studies in Hong Kong as an emerging field since the 1990s. It supplies an analytical and empirical construct of colonial policing as well as a theoretical assessment. It discusses the nature, topologies, conduct, impact, and assessment of police reform. The book demonstrates how colonial policing in Hong Kong and elsewhere takes on the community’s local color and hue in practice. Colonial policing in Hong Kong is "policing with Chinese characteristics." Part Two tracks the history of the HKP’s formation in the 1840s and examines how colonial policing in Hong Kong has changed over time. It describes the HKP’s four distinctive reform periods: the formation period (1845), the reorganisation period (1872), the modernisation period (1950s), and finally, the decolonisation period (1990s). It argues that HKP reform in the1950s was the pivotal point in transforming the HKP from a colonial force into a civil one by way of localisation, legalisation, modernisation, communalisation, and organisation. Overall, the book questions previously accepted colonial history, and in doing so, contributes to our understanding of challenges and opportunities facing HKP after the reversion of political authority from England to China.

Author : Sheilah E. Hamilton
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789622099005

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Watching Over Hong Kong by Sheilah E. Hamilton Pdf

In this pioneering study, Sheilah Hamilton shows that, from the earliest days of British rule, the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen who were employed to protect the fledgling colony's property in the absence of an effective public police force. She examines the growth in different Hong Kong Government departments of what would now be regarded as 'hybrid' police and argues that the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community at minimal extra expense. Amongst the topics of private security explored are: the impact of the few private security personnel engaged by local Chinese organizations such as the Nam Pak Hong, Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk; the evolution of the District Watch Force from a force engaged in purely local security duties to an arm of the Hong Kong Government involved in non-security matters such as controversial sanitary inspections; and the unique system of village guards and scouts in the New Territories. A particular focus is the early maritime security problems and the internal security forces of Hong Kong's shipping companies. A final chapter compares the situation in Hong Kong and explores the similarities and differences with Shanghai during the period.

Author : Lawrence K. K. HO,Yiu Kong CHU
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629372064

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Policing Hong Kong, 1842-1969 by Lawrence K. K. HO,Yiu Kong CHU Pdf

This volume explores Hong Kong policing history from 1842 to 1969 through the frontline stories of many police officers.

Author : Patricia O'Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 988779273X

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Policing Hong Kong an Irish History by Patricia O'Sullivan Pdf

Hong Kong, 1918. Tranquil compared to war-torn Europe. But on January 22nd, a running battle through the streets of Wanchai ended with five policemen dead. One of the men came from a small town in Ireland. He, along with a dozen relatives, had sailed out to join the Police Force. Patricia O'Sullivan describes these policemen and the criminals they dealt with, and gives a rare glimpse into the life of working-class Europeans in Hong Kong.

Author : Allan Y. Jiao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123298825

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The Police in Hong Kong by Allan Y. Jiao Pdf

The Police in Hong Kong is the first comprehensive study of the Hong Kong Police Force, one of the largest police organizations in the world. Through detailed examinations of police practices and their value orientations, Professor Jiao aims to develop knowledge about policing in Hong Kong and related social, political, and cultural conditions in which the police operate. This work includes descriptions and analyses of: -the historical background of the Hong Kong Police -management of the 1997 handover of power from Britain to China -organizational structure and operation of the police force -changes and reforms of the police over the years -impact of the Bill of Rights -street police vs. management police behaviors -crime, organized crime, and vice problems -control of corruption and misconduct With an emphasis on empirical evidence, Professor Jiao relies heavily on his interviews with over 200 officers and on-site observations of a variety of police activities for the form and content of this study. As such, this work fills a void in criminal justice and police studies as well as Asian studies.

Author : Kam C. Wong
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1433100169

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Chinese Policing by Kam C. Wong Pdf

This book documents a systematic investigation into various aspects of policing in the People's Republic of China, including its scholarship, idea, origin, history, education, culture, reform, and theory. It approaches the study of Chinese policing from an indigenous perspective, informed by local empirical data. In proposing an innovative theory of community policing entitled «Police Power as a Social Resource Theory», the book seeks to look at crime as a personal problem, and police as a social resource, from the perspective of the people and not the state.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9887963887

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Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police by Anonim Pdf

Fighting to survive on a patrol launch during a typhoon. Investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling riots during the Cultural Revolution, countering drug smuggling by the triads, and dealing with bank robbers. These are some of the stories told in this compilation of experiences from 50 former Royal Hong Kong Police officers.

Author : Annie Hau-Nung Chan,Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349952816

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Women in the Hong Kong Police Force by Annie Hau-Nung Chan,Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho Pdf

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing.

Author : Y. K. Chu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9629375036

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Policing Hong Kong, 1842-1969 by Y. K. Chu Pdf

Author : Kam C. Wong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319986722

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Public Order Policing in Hong Kong by Kam C. Wong Pdf

This book examines the Hong Kong Mongkok Riot (MKR) of 2016 to offer a clear and objective account of the events as they unfolded, to dispel the myths, and to explore what can be learned from it. It draws on multiple sources including: public survey data, eyewitness accounts, LegCo proceedings, official press releases, newspaper reports, and video presentations. The study investigates the causes, issues and impacts of MKR including how the media reported it. It examines the historical context surrounding MKR, before and after, and considers the importance of this independent inquiry including its use and limitations. It aims to bring closure to the event, establish a record for the future, provide insightful data for cross-cultural studies on riots, and offer insights for police scholars, security consultants, political scientists, Asian and Chinese studies scholars, and comparative criminal justice researchers.

Author : Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho,Jason Kwun-hong Chan,Garth den Heyer,Jen-shuo Hsu,Arata Hirai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030829810

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Policing the Police in Asia by Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho,Jason Kwun-hong Chan,Garth den Heyer,Jen-shuo Hsu,Arata Hirai Pdf

This brief offers an overview of the prevailing debates in police oversight and accountability through an analysis of policing in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. It places emphasis on three major controversies of oversight: professionalism, representation, and empowerment. Arguing that traditional models do not accurately depict variations in police systems in Asia, the volume aims to bring attention to the implementation of these three concepts and clearly articulate the power relationship within these Asian police oversight mechanisms. This brief will be a useful resource for researchers in policing as well as criminologists, political scientists, and sociologists, particularly those specializing in East Asia.

Author : Chris Emmett
Publisher : Earnshaw Books Limited
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9888769324

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Hong Kong Policeman by Chris Emmett Pdf

Hong Kong in 1970 was the fastest expanding city in the world, a city that lived on three levels - the expatriates, nearly always British who lived in almost complete isolation; the vast mass of Chinese residents struggling to get by and improve their lot; and finally the criminal and corrupt underside which not only fought among itself but also affected the life of everyone else in the Crown Colony through fear and corruption. Fighting to hold this in check - and by and large succeeding - were the Hong Kong police force. At the officer level, many were British. Into this heady and dangerous mix steps a young Merseyside policeman, Chris Emmett. His account of those times brings vividly to life the crime, prostitution, drugs, triad street gangs and corruption that was an important part of the fabric of Hong Kong of those days.

Author : Colin N. Crisswell,Mike Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9620301978

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The Royal Hong Kong Police by Colin N. Crisswell,Mike Watson Pdf

Author : Jack Humphreys
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537622749

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Bomban by Jack Humphreys Pdf

This is a factual account of the life of an expat Officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police who helped to maintain law and order in the thriving Crown Colony prior to Chinese rule, an era of endemic corruption which resulted in the near mutiny of a 20,000 strong force. The author, pseudonym Jack Humphreys, served as a Bomban, an Inspector of Police, during this critical period of British history. He describes his experiences walking the Hong Kong beat, confronting illegal immigration, leading an SAS-trained anti-terrorist team, setting up a covert Operations Unit of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau and then commanding a Regional Intelligence Unit, in a 20,000 strong force with around 600 expatriate officers. On Christmas Day 1978 Jack and his anti-terrorist team were featured on international television as they landed from an RAF helicopter on the Vietnamese refugee freighter "Huey Fong" to safely extract a Police Tactical Unit platoon delayed on board for over 24 hours. The Yorkshireman was never far from dispute and controversy, being scapegoated into military and police disciplinary tribunals, and courageously sticking by an SAS colleague prosecuted for Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and Possession of an Offensive Weapon. On conviction the soldier received six strokes of the cane at Stanley Prison before release and repatriation to the UK. That soldier was Pete Winner, author of the international best-seller "Soldier I, An SAS Hero". Jack supported Pete throughout the trial, helping him retain his military career and eventually return to the SAS Regiment where he engaged in the Iranian Embassy Siege and the Falklands War. He returned to uniform for two years and during periods of exceptional success against narcotics trafficking received threats from shadowy triad and police figures suggestive of corruption within the British administrative �lite. After serving a further two years with the Special Duties Unit Jack transferred to command the covert Operations Unit of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau as a Detective Chief Inspector, countering 'Big Circle' gangs from Mainland China and arresting high-ranking triad officials before moving to develop a Regional Intelligence Unit in the New Territories.