Doing Criminology in Hong Kong

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Doing criminology in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s social movement and responses to it have been at the centre of intense media and criminological attention in recent years. While the ongoing crisis has opened up new areas for scholarly research across disciplines, it also raises difficult questions for the role of criminology and the politics of knowledge production (who? what? how? why?). In this seminar, I will provide a brief overview of the distinctive tradition of administrative criminology in Hong Kong. I will then consider the limits and possibilities and the ethical challenges of doing criminology in these turbulent times by drawing on specific examples. I will conclude by offering some broader reflections on the criminologist’s relationship to the politics and practices of crime and justice in a polarized society.

Biography

Maggy Lee is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She worked in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex in the UK for ten years before returning to Hong Kong in 2005. Her books include Trafficking and Global Crime Control (2011, Sage), and her work on transnational migration and border control has been a key reference point in scholarly and international policy debates. Her current research looks at migrant workers and urban commoning in Asia. She is the review co-editor of Theoretical Criminology and serves on the international advisory board of a number of journals, including Crime, Media, Culture; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Incarceration: An International Journal of Imprisonment, Detention and Coercive Confinement. 

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Please note: The event will be a Hybrid event, but only available as 'in person' to Oxford Criminology staff and students with limited capacity.