Professionalism versus democracy?: historical and institutional analysis of police oversight mechanisms in three Asian jurisdictions

Should police be checked by the police or by representatives with public mandates? This article aims to respond to this frequently asked question by comparing two sets of institutional arrangements in police oversight mechanisms under three Asian regimes with different levels of democratization: Hon...

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Authors: Ho, Lawrence K. K. 1974- (Author) ; Chan, Jason Kwun-Hong (Author) ; Chan, Ying-tung (Author) ; Heyer, Garth den (Author) ; Hsu, Jen-Shuo (Author) ; Hirai, Arata (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2022, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-25
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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