ABSTRACT
The 16 chapters in this book provide an overview of topics related to psycho-criminology in Singapore and Hong Kong. The two selected territories are largely ethnic Chinese and both were under British rule for more than 100 years (Singapore from 1819 to 1959; Hong Kong from 1841 to 1997) (Abshire, 2011; Carroll, 2007). The legal and rehabilitation practices of both locations were largely inherited from the British system, but each has modified the Western approach to cater to its own unique situation and developed new approaches during this process. We first highlight practices common to the two locations. We argue towards the end of this chapter that the combined etic-emic approach of (Ho & Cheung, 2007) can be used to inform future research and the practice of psycho-criminology, not only in the Asian context but also around the world.
