Policing the Police in Asia : Police Oversight in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan / by Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho, Jason Kwun-hong Chan, Garth den Heyer, Jen-shuo Hsu, Arata Hirai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ho, Lawrence Ka-Ki, author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Policing, 2194-6221

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Crime Control and Security.

Local Subjects:

Crime Control and Security.

Criminology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Summary:

This brief offers an overview of the prevailing debates in police oversight and accountability through an analysis of policing in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. It places emphasis on three major controversies of oversight: professionalism, representation, and empowerment. Arguing that traditional models do not accurately depict variations in police systems in Asia, the volume aims to bring attention to the implementation of these three concepts and clearly articulate the power relationship within these Asian police oversight mechanisms. This brief will be a useful resource for researchers in policing as well as criminologists, political scientists, and sociologists, particularly those specializing in East Asia. Provides an overview of debates in police oversight and accountability; Analyzes policing and police oversight mechanisms in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan; Offers a new perspective on power relations within police oversight mechanisms.

Contents:

1. Introduction: A bird’s-eye view of policing and police oversight mechanism in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan

2. Professionalism: a scarecrow for non-democratic policing system in HK

3. Representation: police oversight mechanism in democrative Japan

4. Empowerment: a unique, constitutionally empowered police oversight mechanism in Taiwan

5. Conclusion.

ISBN:

3-030-82981-2

OCLC:

1269616605