Law Enforcement and Policing in Chinese Societies

Course Coordinator: Dr Wayne Chan, PhD (HKU); MSSc (National University of Singapore)

Course developers: Dr Raymond Lau Wing Kam, HKMU; Dr Borge Bakken, The University of Hong Kong; and Prof. Yang Yungnane, National Central Police University

Aims
This course aims to provide students with a systematic understanding of law enforcement and policing in Chinese societies in comparison to that in Western societies, using a comparative sociological perspective. Students will be made aware of the differences concerning various aspects of social control between Chinese society and Western society, and how these differences impact on differential law enforcement and policing developments and practices.

Contents
The course covers the following topics:

• Social control in Chinese societies
• Historical development of law enforcement and policing in China
• Contemporary trends in crime and social control in China
• Contemporary developments of law enforcement and policing in China
• Policing in Taiwan

Learning support
There will be five two-hour tutorials.

Assessment
There are four assignments and a final examination. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)
There is no set book for this course.