Public Order Policing in Hong Kong The Mongkok Riot /

• Main Author: Wong, Kam C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
• Subjects: Police.; Violence.; Crime.; Public safety.; Criminology.; Law-Asia.; Asia-Politics and government.; China-History.; Policing.; Violence and Crime.; Crime Control and Security.; Asian Criminology.; Asian Politics.; History of China.

This book examines the Hong Kong Mongkok Riot (MKR) of 2016 to offer a clear and objective account of the events as they unfolded, to dispel the myths, and to explore what can be learned from it. It draws on multiple sources including: public survey data, eyewitness accounts, LegCo proceedings, offi...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction: Setting the Scene
• 2. Method and Data
• 3. What is in a name? "Riot" v.s "Disturbance"?
• 4. What happened?
• 5. Reactions
• 6. Public Survey
• 7. Independent Inquiry.