Criminal justice in Hong Kong. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carol Jones and Jon Vagg.
• Other Names: Jones, Carol A. G; Vagg, Jon
• Contents: Colonial rule 1841 to Second World War -- Hong Kong : the early years -- The Hong Kong police -- Hong Kong's internal security -- Civilising the natives : crimes, courts and punishments -- Colonial rule, Second World War to 1997 -- The Second World War, the Japanese occupation and The '1946 outlook' -- Re-establishing the police, 1945-50 -- Crime and courts 1945-1960 -- The 'red menace' : post-war instabilities -- Corrections, juveniles and 'disciplinary welfare' -- Building order and stability in the 1950s -- The 1956 riots -- Post-1956 : paramilitarism, hearts, and minds and political policing -- The China factor : the early 1960s -- Policing and crime in the mid-1960s -- The usual suspects : triads, drugs, gambling and corruption -- The 1966 Star Ferry and 1967 riots -- The post-riot years -- The 1970s : re-forming the state and its citizens -- Crime, policing, and punishment in the 1970s -- The 1980s : crime, moral panics and 'ungovernability' -- The 1980s : discovering juvenile delinquency -- The transition years : 1990-1997 -- Images of crime and juvenile delinquency : 1990-1997 -- The first ten years of the Hksar, 1997-2007 -- Convergence, continuities and change : 1997-2007 -- Crime and delinquency 1997-2007.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge-Cavendish
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 659 pages)
• Subjects: 364.95125; Criminal justice, Administration of -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- Sources; Juvenile delinquency -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- Sources; Criminal justice, Administration of; Juvenile delinquency; Criminaliteit; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; China -- Hong Kong; Hongkong; History; Sources; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135390822; 1135390827
• Related ISBNs: 9781845680381; 1845680383
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 631-644) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.