Prof. Karen Joe-LAIDLER, BA; MA; PhD California
Honorary Director of the Centre for Criminology and Head of Department. She teaches sociology of law, criminology, juvenile delinquency, gender and crime, and social theory. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California [Davis] and was formerly Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii. She has been involved in juvenile and criminal justice research for over 18 years including a period as Research Associate at the National Council and Crime and Delinquency a leading US non-profit research agency. She has worked on a variety of primary and policy related research including: evaluation of drug intervention programmes; juvenile court intervention; inmate grievance processes; bail reform; sentencing guidelines; risk assessment for juvenile detention; prison planning and classification systems for adult prisons; and drug use problems among methamphetamine users. Her current research focuses on drug use problems, domestic violence, juvenile delinquents, and the social history of colonial laws in Hong Kong.
Fellows
Dr. Roderic BROADHURST, BA; BEd; PhD West Aust.; MPhil Cantab.
Former Corrections and Public Health officer with expertise in risk assessment, recidivism and criminal careers, sex offending, death investigation, ethnicity and crime, measurement of crime and criminal behavior. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the School of Law, University of Western Australia and M.Phil. from the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University. He is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Criminology and previously Senior Fellow and now Honorary Research Fellow, Crime Research Centre, School of Law, University of Western Australia. He is the Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Criminology Society, as well as a member of the Australian, British and American Societies of Criminology. He is associate editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology and serves on a number of editorial panles. He is consultant criminologist to the Cambodian Criminal Justice Assistance Project and UNICRI. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at HKU and was elected Senior Fellow in 2002.
Dr. Robert G. ANDRY, BA; MA Melbourne;
PhD London; C.Clin.Psychol; F.B.Ps.S; F.A.Ps.S; F.H.K.Ps.S.
Former Psychologist-in-Charge of the HK Prison Service and
graduate of Melbourne and London University where he was a graduate student
of Professor Hermann Mannheim. He is an Honourary Professor (Ps. Ed) at
University of Montreal since 1982; Honourary Consultant Pscyhotherapist
at United Christian Hospital, HK since 1991; and Honourary Professor at
HKU since 1983. He was the founding Chair of the Hong Kong Criminology
Society.
Dr. John BACON-SHONE, BSc Durham; MSc UCL;
PhD Birmingham
Director of the Social Sciences Research Centre at the University of
Hong Kong. Former Hon. Director of the Centre for Criminology and Former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and former
Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University
of Hong Kong. He was the Consultant to AGB McNair (HK), Frank Small &
Associates (HK) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (HK). He was also a member of
the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR Government from 1998-2001. He is involved
in various consultancy projects with the Census and Statistics Department,
ICAC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Standard, EHS Consultants,
Glaxo (HK), Citibank, Asia TV, Law Society, Hong Kong Provisional Airport
Authority, Commission on Smoking and Health, Privacy Commissioner’Office,
and Leisure and Cultural Services Department. His research interests
include statistics in market and social research, bayesian analysis, statistical
reliability, statistical computing, biostatistics, compositional data,
education and technology, computer-assisted data collection and storage,
privacy attitudes, population policy, policy making, and statistical shape
analysis.
Dr. Swan-lip BEH, Philip, MBBS HK; DMJ
London; FHKC Path; FHKAM Path
Began training in Forensic Medicine with the Government Forensic Pathology
Service since 1982 and a former forensic pathologist in the Medical and
Health Department attached to Police Headquarters. He has considerable
experience in autopsy including over 160 homicides in Hong Kong.
He has experience as a forensic pathology expert witness in the Hong Kong
Courts and is active in services for sexual assault and other victims of
crime. He is an executive member of the Hong Kong Criminology Society,
and the Medico-Legal Society of Hong Kong Dr. Beh in collaboration with
Dr. Broadhurst is co-investigator the Hong Kong Homicide Monitoring
Project. He is Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Medicine in the Department
of Pathology at HKU. His research includes studies on victim services of
rape, types and injuries of homicide and hair toxicology.
Ms. Janice M. BRABYN, LLB (Hons) 1979,
LLM Victoria University of Wellington
Lecturer in the Department of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Fulbright
Scholar, Yale 1981; LLM Yale 1982; barrister and solicitor, New Zealand
1980. Formerly junior lecturer, Victoria 1979-81; lecturer, Singapore 1983-85.
Currently Ms Janice Brabyn teaches and writes mainly in the fields of evidence
and criminal law and also has long-term interests in extradition in particular
and international mutual assistance in criminal matters generally. Major
current commitments include empirical research about contested confessions
in the Hong Kong District courts and running a new, active learning introduction
and skills course for the first-year LLB students. Special interests: criminal
law (in particular commercial crime), evidence, constitutional law, extradition
law.
Dr. Peter CHEUNG Tsan-yin, BSocSc HKCU;
MA Indiana; PhD Washington
Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration
at HKU. His current research focuses on the politics of policymaking
in Hong Kong, the relations between Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as the
relations between Hong Kong and Guangdong province. His recent publications
include a volume entitled Provincial Strategies of Economic Reform in Post-Mao
China (co-edited with Jae Ho Chung and Zhimin Lin). He was the recipient
of a Universitas 21 Fellowship from the University of Hong Kong and a visiting
scholar at the Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, in 1999. He is a member of the editorial committee of Journal of
Chinese Political Science and Provincial China: Research, News, Analysis.
He is a Fellow of the University of New South Wales University of Technology
(Sydney) Centre for Research on Provincial China, and a Fellow of the Centre
of Urban Planning and Environmental Management of the University of Hong
Kong. He was also a former Part-time Member, Consultant, and Research
and Planning Director of the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR Government.
Dr. Yiu-kong CHU, MA Aberdeen; MPhil CUHK;
PhD Exeter
He received his PhD in Police Studies in UK and currently employed
as an Assitannt Professor in the Department of Sociology at HKU. His is
a founding member of the Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) and
the Hong Kong
Juvenile Delinquency Research Society (HKJDRS). He is also the Secreatary
of the Hong Kong Society of Criminology.
Research interests include triads, organized crime, police studies,
fraud, corruption and computer crime.
Dr. J. R. DAY, BSc; PhD East Anglia; P.G.C.E
Cantab; C.Biol; M.I.Biol.
Former Head of the Biology Department at Glenalmond College in Scotland
and Island School in Hong Kong. Former Principal Lecturer in Science
and Mathematics Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies at HKU.
Research and teaching areas include Science Education, Health & Environment
Education; Cross Curricular Themes in Education, Personal & Social
Education, Substance Abuse, Socio-pathology and Prevention.
Dr. Hua-ling FU, LLB; MA, DJuris. Toronto
He received his doctoral degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and was
a former Assistant Professor at Southwestern University of Political Science
and Law, Junior Fellow in Criminology at University of Toronto. and lecturer
at City University of Hong Kong. He is Associate Professor in the Department
of Law, HKU. His research interest include policing, PRC law, and the administration
of justice.
Prof. Wing-kam FUNG, Tony, BsocSc HKU;
DIC ICLondon; MSc ICLondon; PhD HKU
Present Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor
in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at HKU. Research
interests include Statistics Theory and Methodology, Application of Statistics
to Forensic Laboratory, DNA Profiling and Credit Card Identification.
Dr. Sheilah E. HAMILTON, BSc Glasgow; MSocSc
HKU; PhD HKU; MIFireE; FRSC; CChem: MAE
Former Forensic Scientist in the Hong Kong Government Laboratory for
20 years with vast experience in problems of physical evidence. Since
1969 has investigated a variety of crime scenes including homicides, sexual
assaults, traffic accidents and burglaries. Dr. Hamilton is an experienced
fire investigator in Thailand, the Philippines, mainland China as well
as Hong Kong and a competent expert forensic witness with experience in
Hong Kong Courts. She is the Founder and Director of Forensic Focus
which is the only independent forensic science consultancy in Hong Kong.
She is also keen historian and completed her PhD at HKU on the history
and organization of private policing in Hong Kong. She is elected as a
Fellow of the Institute of Fire Engineers. She is currently Principal Lecturer
in Forensic Science at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
Mr. David HODSON, QPM, CPM.
Former Hon. Director of the Centre for Criminology and former Assistant Commissioner
[Crime], Hong Kong Police. He was responsible for all aspects of criminal
investigation in Hong Kong from 1994-1997. He served in the Hong
Kong Police for over 36 years including 20 years in CID in the Criminal
Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Bureau, Special Crimes Bureau, Interpol
Bureau and Detective Training. His particular area of expertise is in developing
strategies to deal with narcotics and organized crime in a multi-cultural
environment sensitive to human rights. He is a Visiting Professor at the
Chinese Peoples’ Public Security University, Beijing and Hon. Treasurer
of the Hong Kong Society of Criminology.
Dr. Lucas HUI Chi-kwong, BSc; MPhil HKU;
MSc; PhD California [Davis]
Former Director of the Centre for Systems Security Research and former
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science
at National University of Singapore. Founder and Director of the
Center for Information Security and Cryptography at the University of Hong
Kong and currently employed as Associate Professor in the Department of
Computer Science and Information Systems at HKU. Research interests
in Computer Crime Technology, Computer Forensic Technology, Computer Evidence
and Information Security.
Dr. Ian J. LAUDER, BSc; Edinburgh; MSc
Kent; PhD HK
He has 30 years experience as a biostatistican and was employed as
Senior Scientist in the British Medical Research Council from 1971 to 1977.
He was a former Researcher at the University of Hawaii. He is an
Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at HKU and is
the Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
at HKU. He is specialized in statistical modelling and analysis of
real data in the areas of Clincial Medicine, Biomedical Research, Molecular
and Cyto Genetics.
Dr. Wing-lin LEE, Francis, Dip. SW HKBU;
Cert. Social Work UK; MSc; PhD UK
Former Lecturer and Fieldwork Supervisor in the Department of Applied
Social Studies at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. Former Fieldwork
Supervisor in the Department of Social Work at Hong Kong Baptist College
and Field Instructor in the Department of Social Work at CUHK. Programme
Secretary and Principal Secretary for the Outreaching Social Work Service
at YMCA. Present Assistant Professor in the Department of Social
Work and Social Administration at HKU. Involved in different youth
research projects in Hong Kong since 1992. His fields of interest
include services for youth-at-risk, youth services, juvenile delinquency,
groupwork, treatment for young offenders, policing and criminology.
He is a registered social worker in Hong Kong, and member of the British
Society of Criminology and the Hong Kong Society of Criminology.
Dr. T. M. C. LEE, MSc. Southampton, MEd.,
PhD Alberta
Dr. Lee is the Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology
at the University of Hong Kong and Chief Examiner, M.Soc. Sc. in the Clinical
Psychology Programme. She is a Board certified Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Her research interests are in the areas of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry.
Both behavioral and functional imaging paradigms are employed to explore
brain behavior relationships.
Mr. David A. LEVIN, BA Wisconsin; MA Illinois
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University
of Hong Kong from 1997 until 2002 and Lecturer with the Department of Sociology
from 1971 until 2002. Member of the Editorial Board and manuscript
reviewer of several journals including Industrial Relations Journal (UK);
Human Resource Management Journal (UK); Personnel Review (UK); Asia Pacific
Journal of Management (Singapore); and Research and Practice in Human Resource
Management (Singapore). Member of the Industrial Relations Research
Association (US), International Industrial Relations Association and Hong
Kong Institute of Human Resource Manangement.
Dr. Sonny LO Shiu-hing, BA York; MA Waterloo;
PhD Toronto
Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration
at HKU. Former Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science
at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Former Research Fellow
at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia. Formerly taught
at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Lingnan College Hong Kong and University
of East Asia, Macau. Reviewer of manuscripts on Hong Kong and Macau submitted
to journals like McGill Law Journal, China Quarterly, China Perspectives,
Pacific Affairs, Global Society, Asian Survey, East Asia, Hong Kong Law
Journal, China Review and to publishers like The Chinese University Press,
The Hong Kong University Press and Oxford University Press (Hong Kong).
Research interests include cross-border organized crime in South China,
casino politics in Macau and terrorism in Asia.
Prof. A. A. NANJI, BMed; BSurg; MD; FRCPC,
FRCPath
Former Clinical Pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital and University
of British Columbia; Former Director and Chemical Pathology at Ottawa General
Hospital and Deaconess Hospital; Former Associate Professor of Pathology
at University of Ottawa and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Currently employed as Professor of Pathology at HKU. Research interests
include alcohol and alcohol effects on body systems, Toxicology and Liver
Disease Mechanisms.
Mr. Elfed Vaughan ROBERTS, BSc Econ; MSc
Econ; PGDEdu Wales
Honorary Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Department
of Politics at HKU. Visiting Lecturer in the School of Business at HKU
and University of Fudan. He was a Lecturer at the Polytechnic, Wolverhampton
and a visiting scholar at the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University
of Kansas. His research interests include China Defence Modernisation,
security issues in Hong Kong and other Asia-Pacific Regions.
Dr. Harold TRAVER, BA; MA California State;
PhD California
Dr. Traver received his Ph.D. from the University of California [Santa
Barbara] and has taught at the University of Hong Kong since 1971.
He has long standing teaching and research interests in criminology and
was a co-founder of the M.Soc.Sci. [Crim.] programme and the Diploma in
Criminal Justice. Research has included the study of crime trends,
drug abuse, policing, and juvenile delinquency and his is co-editor of
"Crime and Justice in Hong Kong" [1991] with Dr. Jon Vagg and "Introduction
to the Hong Kong Criminal Justice" [1994] with Dr. Mark Gaylord.
He is co-author of "Drugs, Law and the State" [1992] with Dr. Mark Gaylord.
Dr. Traver is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology.
Ms. Amanda Sarah WHITFORT, BA Monash; LLM
London
In 1993, Ms Whitfort completed the LLB at Monash University.
In 1994 she completed the Honours degree in Arts with a major in Legal
Philosophy. Her major research project was centred on Justification
of Strict Liability Punishment. She practiced as a Prosecutor with
the Victoria Office of Public Prosecutions for 3 years prior to coming
to Hong Kong. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department
of Professional Legal Education lecturing on the Postgraduate Certificate
in Laws on Criminal Procedure. Her research interests include justification
of punishment, prosecutorial ethics and juvenile justice.
Mr. Simon N. M. YOUNG, BArtsSc Hamilton,
LLB Toronto, LLM Cambridge
Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at HKU where he teaches in
the areas of criminal law and evidence. Prior to joining HKU in 2001,
he had worked as both a trial and appellate prosecutor in the Ministry
of the Attorney General for Ontario, Canada. His research interests lie
in the areas of international criminal law, comparative criminal procedure,
money laundering and proceeds of crime.
Associate Fellows
Mr. Philippe Pienne George BERTRAND
Mr. Bertrand has worked extensively in government
and the card industry in the field of risk management for over 27 years
in both Europe and Asia. Beginning his professional career, he joined the
justice department and then spent a number of years with the Belgian Judicial
Police as a specialised officer for economic financial crime and anti-terrorism.
In 1985, he was recruited by Citicorp in London, later posted to Hong Kong
and Singapore to take on regional security responsibilities for Citicorp
(Global Payment Products and Diners Club International) and at a later
stage for the Citibank bankcard portfolios. Among other achievements, he
is credited with setting up the fraud reporting mechanism of Diners Club
International in Asia. He joined Visa International in 1989 where he initially
implemented and developed the security and investigative function. He then
designed, implemented and managed the Visa Risk Administration Support
Centre and the School of Risk Management. At Visa his contribution ranged
from strategy and policy definition to line management, member risk management
relation and law enforcement support, vendor inspection and audit, budget
management, internal and external communication, skill development as well
as training at all levels within Visa and its membership. Fluent in English
and French Mr. Bertrand is a seasoned public speaker and has been an expert
witness in civil and criminal proceedings throughout Asia and Europe.
He is the founder and managing director of CXI Group and is responsible
for the management of the company and the ongoing development of the company
product and services offering.
Mr. Andrew BRUCE, BA; LLB Australian National
University
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1977);
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia (1977); Barrister
of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1996); One of Her Majesty's Counsel
(1996) and Barrister of High Court of the HKSAR (1997); Senior Counsel
in Hong Kong since 1997 and Senior Assistant Crown Prosecutor in Prosecutions
Division in Hong Kong. Lecturer in criminal law for University of
London external degree in Law; consultant editor of Hong Kong Law Digest;
member of the Editorial Board of the Hong Kong Law Reports; Member of Consultative
Committee, Examiner in Evidence and Member of Faculty Board for Department
of Law at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong; and Former Board of Directors
of Australian International School Foundation.
Mr. Philip BRUCE
Former Corporate Affairs Manager of the Airport Authority, Hong Kong
and during this time had close involvement with the setting up and operation
of the Airport Authority subsidiary, the Aviation Security Company (AVSECO).
Former Chief Information Officer of the Customs and Excise Department.
Currently employed as the Managing Director of the Raxstar Corporation.
Research interests include Organized Crime and Fraud in China, Intellectual
Property Protection and Financial Crime.
Mr. Kerry CAREW, Cert.Crim. HKU; Dip.PMPA
HKU; MBA Birmingham
Mr. Carew joined the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1989. He
has served in a wide variety of Criminal Investigation Department posts
and is currently serving as a Chief Inspector in Kowloon West Region.
He holds a Certificate in Criminal Justice and a Diploma in Personnel Management
and Public Administration from the University of Hong Kong as well as a
Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Analytic Interviewing (USA) and an Associate
Member (Investigative) of the Academy of Behavioral Profilers (USA). He
is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence
Officers. His main research interests include Police Accountability,
Stalking, Analytic Interviewing and Behavioral Evidence Analysis.
Dr. CHUI Wing-hong, BSW HKU; MPhil and
PhD Cambridge
Dr. Chui obtained his doctoral degree from the Institute of Criminology
at the University of Cambridge and was a former Team Leader of an Outreach
Social Work Team for young people in Tuen Mun, and held teaching positions
at the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Exeter, UK.
He is Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University
of Queensland. His areas of research interest include youth justice
issues, crime prevention programmes for young people, and also evidence
based probation practice. Additionally he is conducting a pilot study
to investigate the reasons and impact of problem gambling in ethnic communities
in Brisbane.
Dr. David George CLARKE, JP, BSc Nottingham;
PhD Nottingham
Government Chemist with Forensic Science Division in Hong Kong since
1976. Former post-doctoral researcher/demonstrator in the Department
of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. Former Forensic Scientist
of Home Office West Midlands Forensic Science Laboratory in Birmingham.
Member of the Standing Panel of the International Collaborative Exercises
(ICE) of the International Quality Assurance Programme (IQAP) of the United
Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP); Ex officio member of the Pharmacy
& Poison Board; Official Justice of the Peace (1998); Honorary Associate
Professor in the Department of Pathology at HKU; Member of Advisory Group
of Department of Chemistry at HKU; Member of Science Faculty Advisory Committee
at Baptist University; and Member of the HKSAR Accreditation Advisory Board.
Research interests include trace evidence, fire investigation, physical
evidence and drug analysis, application of advances in computer technology
to forensic science, accreditation and quality assurance and laboratory
management.
Dr. Mark CRAIG, BA Queensland; MA Griffith;
Cert. Virginia; PhD Queensland
In 1999 Mr. Craig commenced part-time lecturing duties within the School
of Justice Studies, Faculty of Law, QUT. In January 2000 he attained
a tenured position as a Lecturer in Justice Studies. He is also the
Editor, Justice Studies, for the peer reviewed QUT Law and Justice Studies
Journal. Prior to joining QUT, he was a member of the Queensland
Police Service, where for the majority of ten years’ service he was assigned
duties in various intelligence positions, most notably within the Asian
Crime Squad. During his policing service he completed the Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Program. His research interests
include Chinese organized crime, Chinese illegal migration and Chinese
diaspora.
Dr. Mark G. FRANK, BA Buffalo; PhD Cornell
Post-Doctoral training at University of California at San Francisco
Medical School from 1989 to 1992. Former lecturer at the University
of New South Wales in Sydney. Present Assistant Professor in School
of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University
in New Brunswick, New Jersey USA. Research interests on facial expressions
and deception, particular focus on real-life deception associated with
Law Enforcement situations. He has trained over 1,000 police and
judges in USA, Australia, UK, Belgium and Hong Kong. He has provided
pro bono consulting on a handful of current investigations.
Mr. Pau-fuk IP, Peter, MPhil HKU
Previously a Detective Chief Inspector of Hong Kong Police Force with
35 years police experience in which 27 years were spent in criminal investigation
particularly in homicide, kidnapping, organized and serious crime as well
as triad cases. He is well-known as the "Force Triad Expert" for
the Hong Kong Police and has been accepted as an expert witness in many
criminal trials in Hong Kong and overseas. Research interests include
the Sociolinguistics of Triad Language, Traditional Triad Ritual and Structure,
and Organized Crime.
Dr. Allan Y. JIAO, BA; MA Jinan; MA Lewis
& Clarke; PhD Rutgers
Assistant/Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Justice
Studies at Rowan University since 1995. Reviewer of several journals
including Police Studies: The International Review of Police Development;
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management;
Journal of Criminal Justice; and Police Practice and Research: An International
Journal. Member of American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, ACJS Police Section; ACJS Information and Public Policy
Section. Teaching and research interests in Police Science, American
Police, Criminal Justice Research Methods, Counseling and Guidance of the
Offender, Probation, Parole and Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
Dr. Raymond LAU Wing-kam, BSocSc; MBA;
PhD HKU
Assistant Professor in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at The
Open University of Hong Kong. Former Lecturer at the City University
of Hong Kong teaching Sociology and China’s Political Economy. His research
interests initially focused on the political sociological and political
economic aspects of Chinese society. Since joining The Open University
of Hong Kong, I have been responsible for courses in police studies, criminal
justice and criminology. As a result, I have also begun to research
into policing from a political sociological perspective.
Dr. Richard C. LI, BSc Shanghai; MS Wisconsin;
MSc West Haven; PhD Wisconsin
He is currently the head of Forensic Science Program at College of
Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. Criminalist II in
the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York. Former
Associate Research Scientist at Yale University and former Teaching Assistant
at the University of Wisconsin. National Kidney Foundation Fellow
and Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University Medical Center in New York.
Research interests in forensic sciences and criminology, in particular,
the development of methods for collection trace amount of forensic DNA
evidence at crime scenes, and a new noninvasive method for collecting and
extracting DNA samples.
Mr. James Anthony LISLE, MA Leicester;
MPPA Charles Sturt University
Mr. Lisle joined the Royal Hong Kong Police in 1983 having served three
years in the British Army. He has since served in a wide variety
of Criminal Investigation Department posts as well as Special Branch.
During his service in Criminal Intelligence Bureau he designed and ran
the first three courses on Triad Societies for overseas law enforcement
agencies. In 2000 he attended the inaugural three month Strategic
Command Course at the Scottish Police College. He holds a MA in Public
Order from Leicester University and a Master in Public Policy and Administration
from Charles Sturt University. Until 2002 as Senior Superintendent
Higher Training he was responsible for detective, driver, weapons, information
technology and officer management and development training within the Hong
Kong Police. His main areas of research interest are the history
of colonial policing and the history of Chinese secret societies.
Prof. LIU Jianhong, BSc; MA Tianjin; MA;
PhD State University of New York
Currently Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rhode Island
College. He earned his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany
in 1993. His work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, and Criminology. His
research interests include Chinese Crime, social control, and Chinese criminal
justice. One of his major strength is in the research methodology and statistical
analyses. He is the editor-in-chief of Crime and Social Control in a Changing
China published by Greenwood Press (2001). Professor Nan Lin, the
Past Vice President of American Sociological Association and the director
of Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University (USA) highly endorses
the book, he wrote that the book is "A most timely and valuable contribution
to a comprehensive analysis of crime and social control. Rarely has there
been an opportunity to examine such issues in the context of Social and
political transformations and the editors have put together insightful
analyses form keen observers from both within and without China." Professor
Jianhong Liu is currently working on a National Science Foundation research
proposal, in collaborating with Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, to
conduct a victimization survey in Tianjin.
Dr. Sheigla B. MURPHY, BA; PhD California
Director of the Centre for Substance Abuse Studies at the Institute
for Scientific Analysis. She is a medical sociologist who has been
researching various types of illicit drug use, violence, medical and drug
treatment for more than twenty-five years. She has been the principal
investigator of eight National Institute of Health grants. Dr. Murphy
has published numerous articles in Addiction Research, the Journal of Psychoactive
Drugs, Journal of Drug Issues, Contemporary Drug Problems, Qualitative
Sociology and Social Science and Medicine concerning heroin use, methadone
maintenance, needle sharing, needle exchange, cocaine selling, natural
recovery from drug use, drug users in health care systems and women's drug
use and pregnancy and violence. She is the coauthor (with Dan Waldorf
and Craig Reinarman) of Cocaine Changes: The Experience of Using and Quitting,
Temple University Press, 1991. Her most recent book (with coauthor
Marsha Rosenbaum) is Pregnant Women on Drugs: Combating Stereotypes and
Stigma published by Rutgers University Press in February 1999. In this
book, Dr. Murphy examines the ways in which women who use drugs while pregnant
are seen as failing in their reproductive role and must take their place
in one of the most stigmatized groups in modern society.
Professor Paul Richard WILSON, BA; MA Canterbury;
PhD Queensland
Professor Wilson was Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
at Bond University, Queensland between 1993 and July 2001. Prior
to taking up his appointment he was the Foundation Dean of the Faculty
of Arts at Queensland Univeristy of Technology in Brisbane. Before
that appointment he was Director of Research at the Australian Institute
of Criminology at Canberra. He is the author of over 30 books on
crime, criminal justice and social issues and nearly one hundred journal
articles or chapters in books. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright
Scholarship and a Rutgers University Visiting Library Fellowship.
In addition he has held visiting professorships at the University of California
at Irvine, Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada, the Battelle
Institute in Seattle Washington as well as to other universities in Western
Australia. Professor Wilson is closely associated with the Thai Department
of Probation and frequently lectures to their staff, and has regularly
lectured to police colleges in Australia. His research program has
been funded by a number of state and federal grants and well as consulting
work to police unions, bankers associations, public prosecutors, and state
and federal governments. He is also a regular columnist for Brisbane’s
Courier Mail, one of Australia’s major newspaper. At present, he
is the Chair and Professor of the Criminology Department at Bond University
in Australia. His research interests include crime prevention, the
mass media and crime, violent offenders and translating forensic methodologies
across cultures.
Dr. K. C. WONG, BA; JD (Indiana); MA, PhD
(SUNY)
He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Public
Administration at Chinese University of Hong Kong until 2002. Research
and teaching interests include Hong Kong and PRC Legal Relations, Sociology
of Law, Comparative Policing, Chinese Law and Social Control. He
is the Associate Editor of "International Journal of Police Research and
Practice", Academic Adviser of the Doctorate of Business Administration
at Hong Kong Polytechnic and Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of
Criminology. He is currently the Associate Professor of Law and Criminal
Justice at the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Sing-wing WONG, Dennis, Dip.SW;
MA; PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Social Studies at
City University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator
in various research projects on juvenile delinquency, program evaluation,
youth values, bullying and school violence, restorative justice, parent-child
relationship and youth work. Teaching areas include Social Work Theory
and Practice, Group-leading and Team-Building Skills, Criminology, Working
with Young People and Offenders, Conflict resolution and mediation skills.
Dr. Paul YUNG, PhD
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Dr. Yung has had over 15 years of police/security experience.
He is the Regional Security Advisor (Asia Pacific) for the ExxonMobil Corporation
and was the Personal Security Officer of the Hong Kong Governor The Rt.
Hon. Christopher Patten in the rank of Chief Inspector of the Royal Hong
Kong Police Force. His other achievements and qualifications are
the Course Development Consultant for the Bachelor of Social Sciences in
Law Enforcement and Security Management, Open University of Hong Kong;
Member of the District Fight Crimes Committee; Co-opted Member of the Security
Services Training Board, Vocational Training Council; Advisor on Security
& Property Management Training, Employees Retraining Board; and Member
of the Crime and Loss Prevention Council, American Society for Industrial
Security. His research interests are Security Management, Private
Policing, Private Executive Protection, Crime & Loss Prevention, Police
Management, and Criminal Justice.
Visiting Fellow
Mr. Abdullahi Yibaikwal SHEHU, BSc, MSc
Nigeria
Appointed Administrative Officer in the Public Service of the Federal
Government of Nigeria in 1959. Appointed Secretary, Presidential
Task Force in Financial Crime in 1997. Appointed Assistant Director in
Financial Crimes in 1995. Appointed Deputy Director in the Financial Crime
Control Unit in Nigeria in 1997. He has participated in a number
of multi-national efforts to combat transnational crime both in the West
African sub-region and at the UN Level. In particular, he was a member
of the UN Ad-hoc committee on the Elaboration of a Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime from 1999-2000. He has also participated in the work
of the UN Commissions on Narcotic Drugs (CND), Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice in the last 3 years. Currently pursuing his PhD studies in
the Department of Sociology at HKU. Research interests in Organized
Crime, Money Laundering, Corruption, Fraud, Human and Drug Trafficking.
Research Associate Fellows
Ms. CHAN Ching Yee, Aris, BA Illinois State
U, M.Phil HKU
She received her BA in history from the Illinois
State University and M.Phil from the University of Hong Kong. She
is currently reading for her PhD in criminology at the University of Hong
Kong and is assisting in the Hong Kong Homicide Monitoring Database under
the supervision of Dr. R. Broadhurst and Dr. S.L. Beh. Her field
of interest is lethal violence, with special interest in intimate killing
and homicide suicide. She has presented in two international conferences
on homicide-suicide.
Miss CHENG Hiu Wan, Keens, BSoc. Sc, HKU
Miss Cheng studied in UK, now a M. Phil (Criminology) student at the
University of Hong Kong with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology.
Being recruited as research assistant for the Hong Kong Homicide Project
in year 2001, and played a supportive role in the 3rd Annual Symposium
of Greater China Economic Crime and the Asian Police Conference in year
2002. Her main research interests are the detection of deception and investigative
interviewing techniques.
Mr. LAW Lik Hang Darick, BA, HKU
As a M.Phil (Criminology) student in the University of Hong Kong with
a degree in Geography and a minor in Criminology, his main research interests
are rape and sexual assaults, attitudes towards rape and its victims. Being
recruited as a research fellow for the Centre of Criminology in 2002, he
has played a supportive role in the 2nd and 3rd Annual Symposium of Greater
China Economic Crime, the 3rd Asian Police Conference, and the 1st Asia
Cyber Crime Summit. He is also being the first from Hong Kong to participate
in the 3rd Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance
in Japan 2001. Additionally, he has established collaboration with the
Rape Crisis Centre in Hong Kong.
Miss LAU Gar Lum, BSoc. Sc. HKU
Currently, she is a MPhil. Student with the Department of Sociology,
HKU with major interests in the rising use of psychotropic drug and rave
culture in Hong Kong. After graduated from HKU with majoring in Criminal
Justice in 1999, followed with her exchange experience earned in Tokyo
with Waseda University in Japan as a research student in the Graduate School
of Asia Pacific Studies (GSAPS), she specifically become more curious in
the development of club culture, a Western cultural product, within social
and cultural contexts in Asia. She is especially keen on investigating
the process of normalisation of leisure drug use in Hong Kong, exploring
the role of such less visible members as homosexuals and female in local
club culture and media influences on the construction of club culture.
Mr. LEE King Wa, Kent, BSoc. Sc, HKU
Mr. Lee is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology,
The University of Hong Kong. Lee graduated from the same university in
1999 and his undergraduate major was psychology. His research interests
include: Triads and lethal violence, Homicide and human ecology. He presented
part of his research in the Research Postgraduate Conference (Faculty of
Social Sciences, HKU), Crime and Its Control in Greater China Symposium
II (Center of Criminology, HKU) and the 6th International Conference in
Clinical Forensic Medicine (World Police Medical Officers) held at Sydney,
Australia.
Miss LEONG Veng Mei, Angela, BSc; MPhil
HKU
Miss Leong works in the Centre for Criminology as the Assistant to
the Director after she obtained her MPhil from the University of Hong Kong.
Her research interests include: organized crimes, triads, corruption and
gambling-related crimes. She has presented her research on “Macau,
Crime and the Casino State” at various conferences: Research Postgraduate
Conference (Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU); Crime and Its Control in
Greater China (Centre for Criminology, HKU) and “Criminology in the 21st
Century: Public Good or Private Interest?” (University of Melbourne, Australia).
She has recently published a paper on “The Bate-Ficha Business and Triads
in Macau Casinos” in the Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice
Journal.
Miss LOH Wai-Ying, Crystal, BA; MPhil HKU
Miss Loh works in the Centre for Criminology as a researcher after
she obtained her MPhil from the University of Hong Kong. She is a
part-time lecturer of the Criminal Justice programme of the University
of Leicester and the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE),
HKU. She has been working on researches of juvenile delinquency in
new towns, domestic violence, psychotropic drug use, UNDCP global study
of Hong Kong drug market, drug use among females, and market t place of
Dance Drugs in Hong Kong. She is also the co-investigator of an early
intervention programme for high risk juveniles and a project on ex-offenders
and employment.
Miss ZHONG Yueying, BA
Ms Yueying Zhong is a Ph.D candidate on Criminology at the Department
of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong, and is scheduled to obtain her
Ph.D. degree by the end of 2002. While undertaking a project for her Ph.D.
thesis on community crime prevention in China, she conducted extensive
fieldwork in Shenzhen and gained substantial experience. In the course
of her study, she underwent training such as 'analytical interview' and
'death investigation' offered by the Centre for Criminology, The University
of Hong Kong. Since September 2002, she was offered an ICOHRTA fellowship
in the 'China-Rochester Suicide Research Centre', which is based on a collboration
between the Univeristy of Rochester (USA), the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, and The University of Hong Kong. Currently she is undergoing training
on suicide research at the University of Rochester.