Criminal Justice in Hong Kong

How were Hong Kong's criminal justice institutions and practices formed? What has been its experience of law and order? How has Hong Kong's status as between 'East' and 'West' affected its social, political and legal institutions?Hong Kong in the 21st century is known as a world city, a global financial centre and, for some, the epitome of free market capitalism. Despite its phenomenal economic success and rapid 'modernisation' it has nevertheless been associated with social stability, political tranquillity, and one of the lowest crime rates in the world. A clean, safe, modern metropolis, it defies many of our ideas about the relationship between crime and 'development'. In contrast, popular culture images of Hong Kong are dominated by 'orientalist' images of triads, corruption, vice, drugs, and mysterious martial arts. Hong Kong is seen as a city of crime where lawlessness is contained only by a criminal justice system inherited from the British.This book examines how, until the erection of the border with Communist China in 1950, people in Hong Kong and China moved freely between the two systems, highlighting that the configuration and development of Hong Kong's criminal justice institutions must also be understood in relation to this 'China factor'.This careful examination of the criminal justice system in Hong Kong suggests that any understanding of the current system requires dialogue with and an understanding of rich and complex narratives of history. It contains a wealth of archival material, statistical data on crime and criminal justice, as well as an analysis of how perceptions of the 'crime problem' have altered over time.

Carol Jones is Professor of Law at the University of Wolverhampton Jon Vagg previously taught at the University of Hong Kong

Introduction	p. 1
Colonial Rule 1841 to Second World War	p. 15
Hong Kong: the early years	p. 17
The Hong Kong police	p. 45
Hong Kong's internal security	p. 97
Civilising the natives: crimes, courts and punishments	p. 123
Colonial Rule, Second World War to 1997	p. 173
The Second World War, the Japanese occupation and the '1946 outlook'	p. 175
Re-establishing the police, 1945-1950	p. 189
Crime and courts 1945-1960	p. 219
The 'red menace': post-war instabilities	p. 239
Corrections, juveniles and 'disciplinary welfare'	p. 249
Building order and stability in the 1950s	p. 269
The 1956 riots	p. 293
Post-1956: paramilitarism, hearts and minds and political policing	p. 307
The China factor: the early 1960s	p. 323
Policing and crime in the mid-1960s	p. 345
The usual suspects: triads, drugs, gambling and corruption	p. 361
The 1966 Star Ferry and 1967 riots	p. 375
The post-riot years	p. 409
The 1970s: re-forming the state and its citizens	p. 427
Crime, policing and punishment in the 1970s	p. 451
The 1980s: crime, moral panics and 'ungovernability'	p. 479
The 1980s: discovering juvenile delinquency	p. 513
The transition years: 1990-1997	p. 529
Images of crime and juvenile delinquency 1990-1997	p. 553
The First Ten Years of the HKSAR 1997-2007	p. 569
Convergence, continuities and change: 1997-2007	p. 571
Crime and delinquency 1997-2007	p. 611
Bibliography	p. 631
Index	p. 645
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