Liqun Cao, Lanying Huang, Ivan Y. Sun

Policing in Taiwan (eBook, ePUB)

From authoritarianism to democracy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the operational, environmental, political and philosophical development of policing in Taiwan; considers the role of the police in the democratic transition; and draws comparisons between police cultures in the East and in the West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135916565
• Artikelnr.: 40882736

Autorenporträt

Liqun Cao (¿¿¿) is Professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. He also holds an adjunct appointment at Hunan University and has published numerous refereed journal articles. He is the author of Major Criminological Theories: Concepts and Measurement (2004) and co-editor of Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology (2014). His co-authored paper "Crime volume and law and order culture" (2007) won 2008 ACJS Donal MacNamara Award - the best article of the year.

Lanying Huang (¿¿¿) is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Criminology at National Taipei University, Taiwan. Her research interests include policing, victimology, and restorative justice.

Ivan Y. Sun (¿¿¿) is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at University of Delaware. His research interests include police attitudes and behavior, public assessments of criminal justice, and crime and justice in Chinese societies. He has published more than 60 refereed journal articles since 2002 and is a co-editor of Routledge Handbook of Chinese Criminology (2014). His most recent publications have appeared in Justice Quarterly, Crime and Delinquency and Journal of Criminal Justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Peter K. Manning 1. Introduction: The Great Transition Part 1:
Historical Developments 2. Policing under Martial Law 3. Crime Control
during the Democratic Transition 4. Policing in the New Century Part 2:
Critical Issues 5. Training, Education, and Promotion 6. Police Culture 7.
Police Misconduct and Corruption: déjà vu Experience? Part 3: Emerging
Challenges 8. Female Officers on the Move 9. Policing
Socially-Disadvantaged Groups: Criminalization or Victimization? 10.
Confidence in the Police 11. Coda: Taiwan's Conundrum.