Review of Kam C. Wong, Policing in Hong Kong
Wong’s book investigates various aspects of policing in Hong Kong, mainly after the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from England to China in 1997. The aspects selected for discussion include police acco...
Family Conferencing for Juvenile Offenders: A Singaporean Case Study in Restorative Justice
Restorative justice has been or is being adopted in many parts of the world, including countries in Asia. In the case of Singapore, restorative justice was adopted by the court system in 1997 as its guiding ph...
Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women: Comparing Greece and The United Kingdom
While Western societies are striving to become more honest about gender inequality, terms such as ‘violence against women’ have started to appear in policy debates in Asia and worldwide. The response is largel...
Review of Mike McConville et al., Criminal Justice in China: An Empirical Inquiry
In October 2011, China formally declared to the world that a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics had been established (see State Council White Paper, Socialist Legal System with Chinese Characteri...
Review of Leslie Holmes (Ed.), Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
A decade after the adoption of the United Nations’ Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (“Palermo Prot...
Sexual Offences in Vanuatu under the Light of Custom and Law: “An Avenue for Restorative Justice”
This paper will focus on the Republic of Vanuatu’s society and customs relevant to this topic. I will consider the laws made by the legislature to deal with sexual offences in Vanuatu and how they are being im...