Criminal Justice in Hong Kong

Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong provides 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.

Wing Hong Chui is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong.
T. Wing Lo is a Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.

1. Introduction and overview, Wing Hong Chui and T. Wing Lo 2. Criminal law, Rebecca Ong 3. Crime trends, Roderic Broadhurst, King Wa Lee and Ching Yee Chan 4. Victims, Wai To Chan 5. The police force, Raymond W.K. Lau 6. Prosecuting crime, I. Grenville Cross 7. Criminal trial courts, Tony Upham 8. Sentencing, Simon N.M. Young 9. Criminal appeal courts, Tony Upham 10. Community sentences, Wing Hong Chui 11. Custodial sentences and correctional services, T. Wing Lo 12. Crime prevention, Lena Y. Zhong