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Women in the Hong Kong Police Force

Organizational Culture, Gender and Colonial Policing

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Annie Hau-Nung Chan

    1. Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Switzerland

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  2. Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho

    1. Hong Kong Education University, Hong Kong, Switzerland

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  • Explores the political context, social dynamics and ramifications of change to policing in HK
  • Includes interviews with over sixty retired and serving officers
  • Provides innovative and inter-disciplinary research across criminology, history and sociology

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 1-38

  3. The Early Years

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 39-72

  4. Integration and Equal Pay: Equal but Not the Same

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 73-132

  5. Continuity and Change Through the 1980s and 1990s

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 133-202

  6. New Millennium, New Direction?

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 203-246

  7. Conclusion

    • Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
    Pages 247-275

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 277-298
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About this book

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Switzerland

    Annie Hau-Nung Chan

  • Hong Kong Education University, Hong Kong, Switzerland

    Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho

About the authors

Annie Hau-nung Chan is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. 


Dr Lawrence Ka-ki Ho is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at The Education University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Criminology, the University of Hong Kong. 





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