Prof Rebecca W.Y. Wong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.
Rebecca’s research interests concern the intersections of green criminology, illegal trade in protected & endangered wildlife, animal abuse, criminal networks and issues of trust in the underworld. Her work has been supported by the Research Grants Council, the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office, and the Environmental Conservation Fund.
She has published in peer-reviewed journals in the criminology discipline, including British Journal of Criminology, Journal of Criminology (originally called Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology), Trends in Organised Crime, Aggression and Violent Behaviour and Deviant Behavior. Her book The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China: Understanding Distribution Networks (Palgrave, 2019) received the Distinguished Book Award from the Asian Criminological Society.
Rebecca holds a DPhil in Sociology from the University of Oxford. She is also an associate fellow of the Extra Legal Governance Institute at the University of Oxford. In collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, she was awarded a Visiting Professorship by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Awards and Achievements
- Jul 2017 “Visiting Scholar” Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement .
- 2018 “Visiting Professor ” Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 2020 “Distinguished Book Award” Asian Society of Criminology.
Research Grants
- Exploratory Study of Attitudes toward Violence among Hong Kong People, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (Special Round), Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office , 2020 - Now, Oliver H.C, Chan (PI).
- A study of the illegal trade and consumption patterns of Totoaba fish maw in Hong Kong and China , Ocean Park Conservation Foundation , 2017 - Now, Rebecca W.Y. Wong .
- Why Do Criminals Honour Illegal Agreements? A Case Study of the Illegal Supply of State-protected Wildlife as Delicacy in China , Early Career Scheme, Research Grant Council , Amount: HKD $489,704, Rebecca W.Y. Wong (PI).
Journal
- (2023). Building Trust and Honouring Agreements in the Supply of Protected Wildlife Products. British Journal of Criminology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad053
- Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. , Lee, Chee Yan. , Cheung, Hubert. , Lam, Jack. Y.K. & Tang, Cecile. (Mar 2020). A Case Study of the Online Trade of CITES-listed Chelonians in Hong Kong. Chelonian Conservation and Biology.
- (2020). Shadow Operations in Wildlife Trade under China's Belt and Road Initiative. China Information. doi:10.1177/0920203X20948680
- Chan, Oliver. H.C. & Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. (2019). Childhood and adolescent animal cruelty and subsequent interpersonal violence in adulthood: A review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 48. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.007
- Margulies, Jared. D. , Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. & Duffy, Rosaleen. (2019). The imaginary ‘Asian Super Consumer’: A critique of demand reduction campaigns for the illegal wildlife trade. Geoforum. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.005
- Varese, Federico. , Wang, Peng. & Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. (2018). ‘Why should I trust you with my money?’: Credible commitments in the Informal Economy in China. British Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1093/bjc/azy061
- P. van Uhm, Daan. & Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. (2018). Establishing Trust in the Illegal Wildlife Trade in China. Asian Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1007/s11417-018-9277-x
- (2017). ‘Do you know where I can buy ivory?’: The illegal sale of worked ivory products in Hong Kong. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1177/0004865817722186
- Cheung, Hubert. , Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. & Biggs, Duan. (April 2017). Ivory ban: Close Hong Kong's ivory-trade window. Nature. 35. doi:10.1038/544035b
- Varese, Federico. & Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. (2017). Resurgent Triads? Democratic mobilization and organized crime in Hong Kong. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1177/0004865817698191
- (2016). The Role of Reputation in the Illegal Purchase of Protected Wildlife in China. Deviant Behavior. doi:10.1080/01639625.2016.1248716
- (2015). A Note on Fieldwork in "Dangerous" Circumstances: Interviewing Illegal Tiger Skin Suppliers and Traders in Lhasa. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. doi:10.1080/13645579.2015.1020187
- (2015). The Organisation of the Illegal Tiger Parts Trade in China. British Journal of Criminology. doi:10.1093/bjc/azv080
Book
- Chan, Oliver. H.C. & Wong, Rebecca. W.Y. (2023). Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119894131
- (2019). The Illegal Wildlife Trade in China: Understanding Distribution Networks. Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology.
Book Chapter
- (2020). 'Criminological Perspectives on Environmental Crime’. Research Handbook on Transnational Crime. Edward Elgar.
Last update date :
08 Dec 2023
