Sydney based legal publisher, Federation Press, have released the title:
Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong edited by Wing Hong Chui and T. Wing Lo
They write:
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.
CONTENTS
Introduction and overview / Wing Hong Chui and T Wing Lo
Criminal law / Rebecca Ong
Crime trends / Roderic Broadhurst, King Wa Lee and Ching Yee Chan
Victims / Wai To Chan
The police force / Raymond W K Lau
Prosecuting crime/ I Grenville Cross
Criminal trial courts / Tony Upham
Sentencing / Simon N M Young
Criminal appeals courts / Tony Upham
Community sentences / Wing Hong Chui
Custodial sentences and correctional services / T Wing Lo
Crime prevention / Lena Y Zhong
http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781843923008
