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Policing With Chinese Characteristics, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

A review of (occidental) literature on Chinese social control-policing shows that there is an imbalance in research output. There is a lot of research into social control system in imperial China; its historical roots, philosophical foundation, structural framework, and functional process. However, there are very little raw data and research output on how Chinese police worked in the past or PRC public security functions at present.

This book is the only book that provide for a systematic and comprehensive treatment on various aspects of China policing, including: idea (Chapter 2), origin (Chapter 3), history (Chapter 4), education (Chapter 5), culture …

A General Theory Of Community Policing, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

Introduced in the 1970s (in the United States), community policing is a philosophy and strategy to involve and engage the public to fight crime and improve quality of life in their own community.

A cursory review of literature reveals that in spite of its success there is no scientific – logical, predictable, refutable - theory explaining and explicating, predicting and refuting CP practices. This is a first attempt to do so. The theory being proposed: “State police as a social resource theory” (SRT) is a people’s theory of policing. As such it looks at the nature of crime and functions …

Police Education In China, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

A comprehensive review of literature shows that there is currently no academic study on PRC police education, in the West. More significantly, a review of a selected comparative criminal justice text books shows that the U.S. students are not being exposed to Chinese criminal justice and policing. The lack of literature on China obstructs comparative criminal justice (police) research.

This article of first impression seeks to provide an overview PRC police education system.

This article is organized as follows. To anchor the study, Section I provides a brief review of literature on general theory and best practice of police education …