Suchergebnisse

The New Policing provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical issues confronting policing today. It incorporates an overview of traditional approaches to the study of the police with a discussion of current perspectives. The book goes on to examine key themes, including: -the core purpose of contemporary policework; -the reconfiguration of police culture; -organisational issues and dilemmas currently confronting the police; -the managerial reforms and professional; innovations that have been implemented in recent years; -the future of policing, security and crime control

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to offer an insider account of the establishment of Hong Kong University (HKU's) Master of Social Sciences in Criminology.


Design/methodology/approach
The paper is biographical in approach, based on the author's recollections and departmental documentation relating to the establishment of the MSocSc criminology degree.


Findings
The author argues that for all the practical complications, a distinctive criminological tradition was forged in the early years that has had a lasting influence. The paper concludes by considering the challenges faced by criminology in contemporary Hong Kong.


Originality/value
The paper provides an account of the origins and development of academic criminology in Hong Kong.