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Dr. CHAN, Heng Choon Oliver (陳慶泉博士)

Ph.D. in Criminology (University of South Florida, FL, USA)
M.A. in Forensic Psychology (Marymount University, VA, USA)
B.A. in Psychology (Bemidji State University, MN, USA)

Associate Professor of Criminology

Contact Information

Office: B7421 Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (AC1)
Phone: 34429223
Fax: 34420283
Email: oliverchan.ss@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Google Scholar

Research Interests

  • Sexual Homicide (sexually-motivated murder)
  • Sexual Offending
  • Stalking Behavior
  • Violent Offending
  • Psycho-Criminology
  • Asian Criminology

Teaching

  • SS5304 Psychology and Crime
    SS4718 Forensic Criminology
    SS4709 Psychology of Law Enforcement
    SS4304 Sexual Offending
    SS4296 Research Project in Criminology
    SS3302 Professional Internship in Applied Criminology and Sociology
    SS2030 Introduction to Criminology
    GE2221 Violence and Crime

Heng Choon (Oliver) CHAN, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. He received his Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, and was a recipient of the "Outstanding Criminology Ambassador Award" in 2012 and “Distinguished Alumni Award” in 2021. Oliver earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology. In 2014, Oliver was awarded the honorary title "Early Career Award" by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) of University Grant Committee (UGC) for his outstanding research performance. In 2017, Oliver was awarded "The President's Award" and "CLASS New Researcher Award" by City University of Hong Kong to recognize his exemplary contributions to research and professional education that have helped the University and College to achieve local and global distinction. More importantly, he was granted an early substantiation of appointment (tenured) and promotion to Associate Professor in 2017. He was later awarded "The Outstanding Supervisor Award" to recognize his excellent research supervision in 2018 and "CLASS Teaching Innovation Award - Team Award" for his innovative teaching at the team category in 2019. In 2022, Oliver was announced as a Literati Award Winner 2022 (Emerald Publishing) as "The Outstanding Reviewer" by Journal of Criminal Psychology. When he was in the U.S., Oliver interned and later employed by the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPDC) Homicide Case Review Units as one of its first two Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Violent Criminals Apprehension Program (ViCAP) analysts.

Oliver's research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking behavior, psycho-criminology, and Asian criminology. He published widely on these topics, especially in the area of sexual homicide. As of October 2022, Oliver has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters; and presented at numerous international, regional, and local academic conferences. He has since published six academic books, with three as the sole-authored monographs on sexual homicide and sexual offending (Palgrave Macmillan, April 2015; Springer Nature, June 2019; and John Wiley & Sons, 2023), and another three as a co-editor of edited volumes on the psycho-criminological perspective of Asian criminal justice (i.e., police, correctional, and legal psychology; Routledge, March 2017) the international perspective of stalking behavior (John Wiley & Sons, April 2020), and the African mental health and criminal justice system (Palgrave Macmillan, August 2021). His book on the stalking behavior was selected and awarded the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2020. Oliver is now working on his next lead co-edited reference book on animal abuse and interpersonal violence (to be published under his Wiley’s book series on “Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law”). He is a Section Editor of Heliyon Psychology (expertise on forensic psychology and criminology), Senior Editor of Cogent Social Sciences (law, criminology, and criminal justice section), Associate Editor of Sexual Abuse (SA), Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychiatry (forensic psychiatry specialty section), Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology (forensic and legal psychology specialty section), Associate Editor of International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (IJOTCC), Editorial Advisory Board Member of Journal of Criminal Justice (JCJ), Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), and several other peer-reviewed journals; and an ad-hoc reviewer for over 90 peer-reviewed journals and academic publishers. Oliver has also been regularly interviewed by electronic media and quoted in print media on criminological issues; and consulted on the offending behavior of violent offenders by television program scriptwriters and movie producers.

陳慶泉博士，香港城市大學犯罪學副教授。他在美國佛羅里達州坦帕市的南佛羅里達大學取得犯罪學博士學位，並獲頒「2012年度傑出犯罪學大使獎」。陳博士亦擁有心理學學士學位和犯罪心理學碩士學位。2014年，陳博士獲大學教育資助委員會轄下的香港研究資助局頒發「傑出青年學者獎」，以表揚其在研究方面的傑出表現。2017年，陳博士獲得由香港城市大學頒發的「校長嘉許獎」及「新晉研究學者獎」以表彰其在研究和專業教育的卓越表現，對大學及學院實現本地以至全球的佳績作出貢獻。同年，陳博士獲得終身任命及晉升為副教授。2018年，陳博士更獲得由香港城市大學頒發的「傑出導師獎」以表揚其在指導研究的卓越表現。2019年，陳博士獲香港城市大學頒發「人文社會科學院教學創新獎—團隊獎」以頌揚其在團隊中的創新教學方式。陳博士曾於美國華盛頓警察局的兇殺案審查組實習，後來被雇用為其中一位聯邦調查局暴力罪犯逮捕計劃的分析師。

陳博士的研究主要集中在性侵殺人、罪犯側寫、性犯罪、殺人、纏擾行為方面，以及亞洲犯罪學。陳博士就上述議題廣泛發表學術論文，特別是在性侵殺人的議題。直到2022年10月，陳博士發表了超過100篇的期刊文章和書籍章節，並在許多國際、地區性及本地學術會議上發表演說。此外，他出版了6本學術書藉，其中3本是關於性侵殺人以及性犯罪的專題論文 (Palgrave Macmillan，2015年4月；Springer Nature, 2019年6月; John Wiley & Sons, 2023年2月)，而另3本是與其他作者以犯罪心理學角度，共同編輯亞洲刑事司法—包括警察、懲教和法律心理學 (Routledge ，2017年3月)，有關全球纏擾行為的專題學術書藉 (John Wiley & Sons，2020年4月)，以及有關非洲人的精神健康及刑事司法系統的專題學術書藉 (Palgrave Macmillan，2021年8月)。他是 Heliyon Psychology 學術期刊法庭心理學及犯罪學專科的高級編輯、Cogent Social Sciences 學術期刊犯罪學與刑事司法部分的高級編輯、 Frontiers in Psychiatry 學術期刊法医精神學專科的副編輯、Frontiers in Psychology 學術期刊法庭心理學專科的副編輯、 「國際罪犯治療與比較犯罪學雜誌」 (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology) 的副編輯、刑事司法期刊 (Journal of Criminal Justice) 編輯顧問委員會成員和許多其它同行評審期刊的編委。他亦是多於90份同行評議的期刊和學術出版社的評審。陳博士經常接受電子媒體的定期訪問，也被紙媒在犯罪學議題上引用其意見，同時亦曾為電視節目編劇和電影製片人就暴力罪犯的行為提供意見。


Awards and Achievements

  • 2022 “Outstanding Reviewer Award (Journal of Criminal Psychology)” 2022 Emerald Literati Awards, Emerald Publishing Limited, UK. [URL]
  • 2021 “Distinguished Alumni Award” Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, FL, USA..
  • 2020 “CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2020 Award” Association of College & Research Libraries, American Library Association, USA. for "Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)". [URL]
  • 2019 “CLASS Teaching Innovation Award - Team Award” College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • 2018 “Outstanding Supervisor Award” The Provost Office, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • 2017 “Visiting Scholar” Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • 2017 “CLASS New Researcher Award” College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • 2017 “Early Substantiation of Appointment (Tenured) and Promotion to Associate Professor” City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • 2017 “The President's Award” Office of the President, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • 2014 “Early Career Award” Research Grants Council (RGC) of University Grants Committee (UGC), Hong Kong.
  • 2012 “Outstanding Criminology Ambassador Award” Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, FL, USA.
  • 2007 “Int. Assoc. of Asian Crime Investigators & Chinese-American Education Foundation Scholarship” International Association of Asian Crime Investigators and Chinese-American Educational Foundation.


Research Grants

  • Mercy release or extermination? A study of the unregulated mercy release of wildlife in Hong Kong., Environment and Conservation Fund, The HKSAR Government, 2022 - 2024, Chan, H.C.O. (Co-Investigator).
  • Exploratory Study of Attitudes toward Violence among Hong Kong People, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme (Special Round), Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO), 2020, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • “Learning by Doing”: Experiential Learning of Local Hong Kong Crime Cases for DEC-oriented Teaching and Learning of Criminology Courses, Teaching Development Grant 2018-19, City University of Hong Kong, 2019 - 2020, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • Assessment on Youth Sexual Risky Behavior and Implications for Narrative Therapeutic Intervention, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, 2017 - 2019, Chan, H.C.O. (Co-Principal Investigator).
  • Exploratory Study of the Overlap between Sexual Victimization and Sexually Deviant Behavior among Hong Kong Young Adults, Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2017 - 2019, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • “Occupy Central Movement”: An Explorative Study among Local and Mainland University Students in Hong Kong, Dept of Applied Social Sciences of CityU's Special Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2016, Chan H.C.O. (Co-Investigator).
  • The Development of Local Hong Kong Violent Sexual Offense Cases for DEC-oriented Teaching and Learning of Criminology Courses, Teaching Development Grant 2013-14, City University of Hong Kong, 2014 - 2015, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • The Overlap between Victimization and Offending among Hong Kong Youth, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council (RGC), University Grants Committee, 2014 - 2017, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • An Exploratory Study of Cyber-Bullying among Adolescents in Hong Kong and Macau, Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2013 - 2014, Chan, H.C.O. (Co-Investigator).
  • Stalking Victimization and Violence in Hong Kong, CityU Start-Up Grant for New Faculty, City University of Hong Kong, 2013 - 2015, Chan, H.C.O. (Principal Investigator).
  • The Quality of Life of Youth in Central and Western Districts, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (HKYWCA), 2012 - 2013, Chan, H.C.O. (Co-Investigator).
  • The Youth Gang Phenomenon in Tung Chung District, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association, 2012, Chan, H.C.O. (Co-Investigator).


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Journal

  • Chan, H.C.O. & Felthous, A.R. (2022). Introductory essay: International perspectives on stalking from a psycho-criminological approach. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 40(5). 1 - 5. doi:10.1002/bsl.2600
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2022). Is this stalking? Perceptions and victimization experience of stalking and intrusive behaviors in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(11), Article 6689. 1 - 27. doi:10.3390/ijerph19116689
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2022). Paraphilic interests: The role of psychosocial factors in a sample of young adults in Hong Kong. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 19(1). 159 - 178. doi:10.1007/s13178-020-00532-z
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2022). Perceptions of stalking in Mainland China: Behaviors, motives, and effective coping strategies. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 40(5). 640 - 659. doi:10.1002/bsl.2591
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2022). Trust in the police during the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong: Psychosocial factors of perceived procedural and distributive justice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(11), Article 6495. 1 - 20. doi:10.3390/ijerph19116495
  • Myers, W.C. , Lee, E. , Montplaisir, R. , Lazarou, E. , Safarik, M. , Chan, H.C.O. & Beauregard, E. (2021). Revenge filicide: An international perspective through 62 cases. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 39(2). 205 - 215. doi:10.1002/bsl.2505
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Review of Crime in Japan: A psychological perspective (by L. Bui & D. P. Farrington). Asian Journal of Criminology. 16(4). 419 - 420. doi:10.1007/s11417-020-09336-x
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Risky sexual behavior of young adults in Hong Kong: An exploratory study of psychosocial risk factors. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:658179. 1 - 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658179
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Sex worker homicides and sexual homicides: A comparative study of offender, victim, and offense characteristics. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 39(2). 402 - 427. doi:10.1002/bsl.2528
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L.P. (2021). Stalking perpetration in Hong Kong: Exploring stalker-victim relationship. Victims & Offenders. Advance online publication. 1 - 19. doi:10.1080/15564886.2021.1979152
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). The pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong: Psychosocial risk factors and Hong Kongers’ attitudes toward violence. Deviant Behavior. Advance online publication. 1 - 20. doi:10.1080/01639625.2021.1950517
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Violent offending, nonviolent offending, and general delinquency: Exploring the criminogenic risk factors of Hong Kong male and female adolescents. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 65(9). 975 - 998. doi:10.1177/0306624X19881917
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Who are the stalkers in Hong Kong? Examining stalking perpetration behaviors and motives of young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(23), 12798. 1 - 11. doi:10.3390/ijerph182312798
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L. (2021). Who are the stalking victims? Exploring the victimization experiences and psychosocial characteristics of young male and female adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36(21-22). NP11994 - NP12015. doi:10.1177/0886260519889938
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L. (2020). Coping with stalking and harassment victimization: Exploring the coping approaches of young male and female adults in Hong Kong. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 25(2). 165 - 181. doi:10.1111/lcrp.12168
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L. (2020). Is this stalking? Perceptions of stalking behavior among young male and female adults in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 35(19-20). 3710 - 3734. doi:10.1177/0886260517711180
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2020). Review of A lesser species of homicide: Death, drivers and the law (by K. King). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 53(3). 454 - 455. doi:10.1177/0004865820941119
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Li, F. (2020). Sexual murderers’ choice of weapons: Examining sexual homicides committed by males in China. Journal of Criminal Justice. 71. 1 - 9. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101703
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Sheridan, L. & Adjorlolo, S. (2020). Stalking and intrusive behaviors in Ghana: Perceptions and victimization experiences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(7), 2298. 1 - 22. doi:10.3390/ijerph17072298
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, D.S.W. (2020). The overlap between cyberbullying perpetration and victimization: Exploring the psychosocial characteristics of Hong Kong adolescents. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. 30(3). 164 - 180. doi:10.1080/02185385.2020.1761436
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2020). The victim-offender overlap in sexual offending: Exploring a community-based sample of young adults in Hong Kong. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. Advance online publication. 1 - 27. doi:10.1177/1079063220981889
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, R.W.Y. (2019). Childhood and adolescent animal cruelty and subsequent interpersonal violence in adulthood: A review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 48. 83 - 93. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.007
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2019). Exploring the overlap between victimization and offending among Hong Kong adolescents. Journal of Criminal Justice. 61. 72 - 80. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.03.003
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2019). Interpersonal and property victimization: An exploratory study of criminogenic risk factors of Hong Kong adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review. 106. 1 - 9. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104475
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Heide, K.M. & Beauregard, E. (2019). Male and female sexual homicide offenders: Distinguishing the types of weapons used in killing their victims. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 31(2). 127 - 150. doi:10.1177/1079063217724765
  • Adjorlolo, S. , Chan, H.C.O. & DeLisi, M. (2019). Mentally disordered offenders and the law: Research update on the insanity defense, 2004-2019. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 67. 1 - 11. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101507
  • Sheridan, L. , Arianayagam, J. & Chan, H.C.O. (2019). Perceptions and experiences of intrusive behavior and stalking within a culture. Psychology, Crime and Law. 25(4). 381 - 395. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2018.1529233
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Beauregard, E. (2019). Prostitute homicides: A 37-year exploratory study of the offender, victim, and offense characteristics. Forensic Science International. 294. 196 - 203. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.11.022
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2019). Risk assessment of criminal offenders in Ghana: An investigation of the discriminant validity of the HCR-20V3. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 66. 1 - 8. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101458
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Li, F. , Liu, S. , Lu, X. & Jia, H. (2019). Sexual homicides in China: Exploring offender, victim, and offense characteristics. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63(9). 1517 - 1537. doi:10.1177/0306624X17746293
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Li, F. , Liu, S. & Lu, X. (2019). The primary motivation of sexual homicide offenders in China: Was it for sex, power and control, anger, or money?. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 29(3). 168 - 178. doi:10.1002/cbm.2114
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, D.S.W. (2019). Traditional school bullying and cyberbullying perpetration: Examining the psychosocial characteristics of Hong Kong male and female adolescents. Youth & Society. 51(1). 3 - 29. doi:10.1177/0044118X16658053
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Li, F. (2019). Victim body mutilation in sexual homicides: Exploring Chinese sexual homicide cases. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 37(5). 589 - 601. doi:10.1002/bsl.2423
  • Adjorlolo, S. , Abdul-Nasiru, I. , Chan, H.C.O. & Bambi, L.E. (2018). Mental health professionals' attitudes toward offenders with mental ilness (insanity acquitees) in Ghana. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 62(3). 629 - 654. doi:10.1177/0306624X16666802
  • Adjorlolo, S. , Abdul-Nasiru, I. , Chan, H.C.O. & Bentum Junior, F. (2017). Attitudes toward the insanity defense: Examination of the factor structure of Insanity Defense Attitude-Revised (IDA-R) scale in Ghana. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 16(1). 33 - 45. doi:10.1080/14999013.2016.1235628
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, D.S.W. (2017). Coping with cyberbullying victimization: An exploratory study of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 50. 71 - 82. doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2017.04.003
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Determination of competency to stand trial (fitness to plead): An exploratory study in Hong Kong. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 24(2). 205 - 220. doi:10.1080/13218719.2016.1247417
  • Myers, W.C. , Chan, H.C.O. , Mariano, T.Y. , Safarik, M.E. & Geberth, V.J. (2017). Sexual homicide by older male offenders. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 62(4). 940 - 946. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13388
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Chui, W.H. (2017). The influence of low self-control on violent and nonviolent delinquencies: A study of male adolescents from two Chinese societies. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 28(5). 599 - 619. doi:10.1080/14789949.2015.1012534
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). The nature of instrumentality and expressiveness of homicide crime scene behaviors: A review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 18(2). 119 - 133. doi:10.1177/1524838015596528
  • Adjorlolo, S. , Chan, H.C.O. & Agboli, J.M. (2016). Adjudicating mentally disordered offenders in Ghana: The criminal and mental health legislations. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 45. 1 - 8. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.02.001
  • Lu, X. , Li, F. , Chan, H.C.O. , Jia, H. , Dai, J. & Ding, X. (2016). Carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in Shanghai, China: A 10-year epidemiological and comparative study with the Wuhan sample. Cogent Medicine. 3: 1137131. 1 - 12. doi:10.1080/2331205X.2015.1137131
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Beauregard, E. (2016). Choice of weapon or weapon of choice? Examining the interactions between victim characteristics in single-victim male sexual homicide offenders. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 13(1). 70 - 88. doi:10.1002/jip.1432
  • Adjorlolo, S. , Agboli, J.M. & Chan, H.C.O. (2016). Criminal responsibility and the insanity defence in Ghana: The examination of legal standards and assessment issues. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 23(5). 684 - 695. doi:10.1080/13218719.2015.1113606
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Lo, T.W. & Zhong, L.Y. (2016). Identifying the self-anticipated reoffending risk factors of incarcerated male repeat offenders in Hong Kong. The Prison Journal. 96(5). 731 - 751. doi:10.1177/0032885516662640
  • Khachatryan, N. , Heide, K.M. , Hummel, E.V. & Chan, H.C.O. (2016). Juvenile sexual homicide offenders: Thirty-year follow-up investigation. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 60(3). 247 - 264. doi:10.1177/0306624X14552062
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Beauregard, E. (2016). Nonhomicidal and homicidal sexual offenders: Prevalence of maladaptive personality traits and paraphilic behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 31(13). 2259 - 2290. doi:10.1177/0886260515575606
  • Myers, W.C. , Chan, H.C.O. & Mariano, T. (2016). Sexual homicide in the U.S.A. committed by juveniles and adults, 1976-2007: Age of arrest and incidence trends over 32 years. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 26(1). 38 - 49. doi:10.1002/cbm.1947
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Heide, K.M. (2016). Sexual homicide offenders distinguished from non-homicidal sexual offenders: A review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 31. 147 - 156. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2016.09.002
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2016). The gendered analysis of self-control on theft and violent delinquency: An examination of Hong Kong adolescent population. Crime & Delinquency. 62(12). 1648 - 1677. doi:10.1177/0011128712470992
  • Li, F. , Chan, H.C.O. , Liu, S. , Jia, H. , Li, H. , Hu, Y. , Wang, Z. & Huang, W. (2015). Carbon monoxide poisoning as a cause of death in Wuhan, China: A retrospective six-year epidemiological study (2009 – 2014). Forensic Science International. 253. 112 - 118. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.06.007
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Lo, T.W. , Zhong, L.Y. & Chui, W.H. (2015). Criminal recidivism of incarcerated male nonviolent offenders in Hong Kong. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 59(2). 121 - 142. doi:10.1177/0306624X13502965
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2015). Forensic assessment via videoconferencing: Issues and practice considerations. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice. 15(3). 185 - 204. doi:10.1080/15228932.2015.1015363
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2015). Self-control, school bullying perpetration, and victimization among Macanese adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 24(6). 1751 - 1761. doi:10.1007/s10826-014-9979-3
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Beauregard, E. & Myers, W.C. (2015). Single-victim and serial sexual homicide offenders: Differences in crime, paraphilias, and personality traits. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 25(1). 66 - 78. doi:10.1002/cbm.1925
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Chui, W.H. (2015). Social bonds and self-reported nonviolent and violent delinquency: A study of traditional low risk, at-risk and adjudicated male Chinese adolescents. Child and Youth Care Forum. 44(5). 711 - 730. doi:10.1007/s10566-015-9303-4
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, D.S.W. (2015). The overlap between school bullying perpetration and victimization: Assessing the psychological, familial, and school factors of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 24(11). 3224 - 3234. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0125-7
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Wong, D.S.W. (2015). Traditional school bullying and cyberbullying in Chinese societies: Prevalence and a review of the whole-school intervention approach. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 23. 98 - 108. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.05.010
  • Wong, D.S.W. , Chan, H.C.O. & Cheng, C.H.K. (2014). Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among adolescents in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review. 36(1). 133 - 140. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.006
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2014). Juvenile offenders’ perceptions of probation officers as social workers in Hong Kong. Journal of Social Work. 14(4). 398 - 418. doi:10.1177/1468017313478291
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2014). The controversy of defining serial murder: Revisited. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 19(5). 486 - 491. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2014.07.003
  • Mariano, T.Y. , Chan, H.C.O. & Myers, W.C. (2014). Toward a more holistic understanding of filicide: A multidisciplinary analysis of 32 years of U.S. arrest data. Forensic Science International. 236. 46 - 53. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.019
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2013). Association between self-control and school bullying behaviors among Macanese adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect. 37(4). 237 - 242. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.012.003
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Frei, A.M. & Myers, W.C. (2013). Female sexual homicide offenders: An analysis of the offender racial profiles in offending process. Forensic Science International. 233 (1-3). 265 - 272. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.09.011
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Frei, A.M. (2013). Female sexual homicide offenders: An examination of an underresearched offender population. Homicide Studies. 17(1). 95 - 118. doi:10.1177/1088767912449625
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Heide, K.M. & Myers, W.C. (2013). Juvenile and adult offenders arrested for sexual homicide: An analysis of victim-offender relationship and weapon used by race. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 58(1). 85 - 89. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02188.x
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2013). Psychological characteristics of male 14- to 20-year-olds on probation and in a residential home in Hong Kong. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 23(1). 41 - 55. doi:10.1002/cbm.1851
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2013). Self-control and the fear of death among adolescents in Hong Kong. Journal of Youth Studies. 16(1). 70 - 85. doi:10.1080/13676261.2012.697134
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Chui, W.H. (2013). Social bonds and school bullying: A study of Macanese male adolescents on bullying perpetration and peer victimization. Child and Youth Care Forum. 42(6). 599 - 616. doi:10.1007/s10566-013-9221-2
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). An empirical investigation of social bonds and juvenile delinquency in Hong Kong. Child and Youth Care Forum. 41(4). 371 - 386. doi:10.1007/s10566-012-9172-z
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). Criminal recidivism among Hong Kong male juvenile probationers. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 21(5). 857 - 868. doi:10.1007/s10826-011-9546-0
  • Myers, W.C. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). Juvenile homosexual homicide. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 30(2). 90 - 102. doi:10.1002/bsl.2000
  • Heide, K.M. , Roe-Sepowitz, D. , Solomon, E.P. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). Male and female juveniles arrested for murder: A comprehensive analysis of U.S. data by offender gender. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 56(3). 356 - 384. doi:10.1177/0306624X11406418
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). Outreach social workers for at-risk youth: A test of their attitudes towards crime and young offenders in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review. 34(12). 2273 - 2279. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.08.006
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Chui, W.H. (2012). Psychological correlates of violent and nonviolent Hong Kong juvenile probationers. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 30(2). 103 - 120. doi:10.1002/bsl.2003
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2012). The Chinese Youth Attitudes toward Young Drug Users scale: An initial scale development and refinement. Drug and Alcohol Review. 31(4). 477 - 482. doi:10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00372.x
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2011). Baseline findings of a prospective study on pro-offending attitudes and self-reported problems among juvenile probationers. Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. 45(1-2). 13 - 26. doi:10.1142/S0219246211000040
  • Heide, K.M. , Solomon, E.P. , Sellers, B.G. & Chan, H.C.O. (2011). Male and female juvenile homicide offenders: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrests by offender age groups. Feminist Criminology. 6(1). 3 - 31. doi:10.1177/1557085110387788
  • Chui, W.H. & Chan, H.C.O. (2011). Social bonds and male juvenile delinquency while on probation: An exploratory test in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review. 33(11). 2329 - 2334. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.003
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Heide, K.M. & Beauregard, E. (2011). What propels sexual murderers: A proposed integrated theory of social learning and routine activities theories. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 55(2). 228 - 250. doi:10.1177/0306624X10261317
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Myers, W.C. & Heide, K.M. (2010). An empirical analysis of 30 years of U.S. juvenile and adult sexual homicide offender data: Race and age differences in the victim-offender relationship. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 55(5). 1282 - 1290. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01448.x
  • Myers, W.C. , Chan, H.C.O. , Vo, E.J. & Lazarou, E. (2010). Sexual sadism, psychopathy, and recidivism in juvenile sexual murderers. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 7(1). 49 - 58. doi:10.1002/jip.113
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2009). Review of Serial killers: Understanding lust murder (by P. Shon & D. Milovanovic). International Criminal Justice Review. 19(3). 350 - 351. doi:10.1177/0734016808328801
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Heide, K.M. (2009). Sexual homicide: A synthesis of the literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 10(1). 31 - 54. doi:10.1177/1524838008326478
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Heide, K.M. (2008). Weapons used by juveniles and adult offenders in sexual homicides: An empirical analysis of 29 years of U.S. data. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 5(3). 189 - 208. doi:10.1002/jip.87

Conference Paper

  • Chan, H.C.O. & Chui, W.H. (Dec 2011). Juvenile probationers adjudicated of violent and nonviolent offenses in Hong Kong: Are they psychologically different?. 3rd Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society: Asian Innovations in Criminology and Criminal Justice. (pp. 404 - 415). Taipei. Taiwan: National Taipei University.

Book

  • Chan, H.C.O. (2023). Sexual offending in Asia: A psycho-criminological perspective. West Sussex, UK:  John Wiley & Sons.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Adjorlolo, S. (2021). Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective. (1 ed.). Basingstoke, UK:  Palgrave Macmillan. 978-3-030-71023-1.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L. (2020). Psycho-criminological approaches to stalking behavior: An international perspective. (1 ed.). West Sussex, UK:  John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-56548-2.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2019). A global casebook of sexual homicide. Singapore:  Springer Nature. 9789811388590.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Ho, S.M.Y. (2017). Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (1 ed.). Oxfordshire, UK:  Routledge. 9781138680654.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2015). Understanding sexual homicide offenders: An integrated approach. Basingstoke, UK:  Palgrave Macmillan. 9781137453716.

Book Chapter

  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2021). Conclusion. Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa: A psycho-criminological perspective. (pp. 397 - 405). Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-3-030-71023-1.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Adjorlolo, S. (2021). Introduction: Exploring crime, mental health, and criminal justice in Africa from a psycho-criminological perspective. Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa: A psycho-criminological perspective. (pp. 1 - 10). Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-3-030-71023-1.
  • Sheridan, L. & Chan, H.C.O. (2020). Conclusions. Psycho-criminological approaches to stalking behavior: An international perspective. (pp. 381 - 386). West Sussex, UK. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Sheridan, L. (2020). Introduction: Stalking behavior in a global context. Psycho-criminological approaches to stalking behavior: An international perspective. (pp. 1 - 7). West Sussex, UK. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2020). Sexual sadism and psychopathy in sexual homicide. The Wiley International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law (2nd ed.). (pp. 693 - 712). Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Jones, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2018). The psychopathic-sexually sadistic offender. Routledge International Handbook of Psychopathy and Crime. (pp. 431 - 446). Oxon, UK. Routledge.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2018). Sexual homicide: A review of main theoretical models. Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies. (pp. 15 - 36). Abingdon, Oxon, UK. Routledge.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2018). Understanding sexual violence: The role of causal and precipitating factors in sexual offending. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems, Volume 2. (pp. 269 - 286). New York, NY. Cambridge University Press.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2018). Understanding sexual homicide offending: Precrime behavior and decision-making of sexual murderers. Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice (3rd ed.). (pp. 185 - 197). Burlington, MA. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Criminal responsibility (insanity defence) in Hong Kong. Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (pp. 46 - 60). Oxfordshire, UK. Routledge.
  • Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Fitness to plead in Hong Kong. Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (pp. 61 - 68). Oxfordshire, UK. Routledge.
  • Hui, C.Y.T. , Adjorlolo, S. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Juries as decision-makers in East Asian judicial systems: Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan. Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (pp. 69 - 85). Oxfordshire, UK. Routledge.
  • Chan, H.C.O. & Ho, S.M.Y. (2017). Introduction: Exploring criminal justice in Asia from a psycho-criminological perspective. Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (pp. 1 - 4). Oxfordshire, UK. Routledge.
  • Ho, S.M.Y. & Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Epilogue: A combined etic-emic approach to psycho-criminology. Psycho-criminological perspective of criminal justice in Asia: Research and practices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. (pp. 287 - 290). Oxfordshire, UK. Routledge.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Sexual homicide: A review of recent empirical evidence (2008 to 2015). The Handbook of Homicide. (pp. 105 - 130). Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Chan, H.C.O. , Wong, E.L.W. & Yuen, H.H.Y. (2017). Chinese ghost marriage. Understanding Necrophilia: A Global Multidisciplinary Approach. (pp. 83 - 88). San Diego, CA. Cognella Academic Publishing.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2017). Lam Kor-wan: “The jars murderer” of Hong Kong. Understanding Necrophilia: A Global Multidisciplinary Approach. (pp. 417 - 422). San Diego, CA. Cognella Academic Publishing.
  • Chan, H.C.O. (2016). Crime and punishment in Hong Kong. The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. (pp. 1 - 8). New York. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118519639.wbecpx072
  • Wilson, J. , Tilse, C. , Chui, W.H. , Setterlund, D. , Chan, H.C.O. & Woo, J. (2013). Elder financial asset management. Aging in Hong Kong: International Perspectives on Aging (Vol. 5). (pp. 93 - 114). New York. Springer-Verlag. 978-1441983534.
  • Jones, S. , Chan, H.C.O. , Myers, W.C. & Heide, K.M. (2013). A proposed sexual homicide category: The psychopathic-sexually sadistic offender. Criminal Psychology, Volume 2, Typologies, Mental Disorders, and Profiles. (pp. 403 - 422). Westport, CT. Praeger Publishers. 978-0313396076.


Service in CityU


Administrative Assignment

  • 2021 - 2022, College Validation and Monitoring Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nominated Member.
  • 2021 - 2022, Departmental Staffing Committee, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Member.
  • 2021 - 2022, Departmental Undergraduate Education, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Director.
  • 2020 - Now, Centre for Public Affairs and Law (CPAL), Member.
  • 2020 - 2022, School Research Committee, School of Law, Nominated Member.
  • 2020 - 2022, Teaching Laboratory for Forensics and Criminology, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Coordinator.
  • 2019 - 2021, College Board, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Elected Member.
  • 2017 - 2022, BSocSc in Criminology and Sociology, Major Leader.
  • 2017 - 2022, BSocSc in Criminology and Sociology, Minor Coordinator for Forensic Studies.
  • 2017 - 2022, Departmental Executive Committee, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Member.
  • 2012 - 2022, BSocSc in Criminology and Sociology, Minor Coordinator for Criminology.


Editorial Positions

  • Book Series Editor, Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health, and the Law, John Wiley & Sons, 2021 - Present.
  • Section Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, Forensic and Legal Psychology Specialty Section, Frontiers, 2022 - Present.
    • Associate Editor (2020 - 2022), Editor (2017 - 2020)
  • Senior Editor, Cogent Social Sciences, Criminology and Criminal Justice Section, Cogent OA, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 - Present.
    • Editor (2017 - 2020)
  • Associate Editor, Sexual Abuse, SAGE Publishing, 2022 - Present.
    • Editorial Board Member (2020 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Specialty Section, Frontiers, 2021 - Present.
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, Forensic and Legal Psychology Specialty Section, Frontiers, 2020 - Present.
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, SAGE Pulishing & Medical College of Wisconsin, 2012 - Present.
  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, 2020 - Present.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI, 2021 - Present
  • Research Topic Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, Psychology for Clinical Settings Specialty Section (Research Topic: "Research In: Coping Strategies"), Frontiers, 2022 - 2023.
  • Special Issue Guest Editor, Behavioral Sciences and the Law (Special Issue: "International Perspectives on Stalking from a Psycho-Criminological Approach), John Wiley & Sons, 2021 - 2022.
  • Research Topic Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Specialty Section (Research Topic: "Psycho-Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry: The Intersections of Mental Health and the Law: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective"), Frontiers, 2021 - 2022.
  • Special Issue Guest Editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Special Issue: "Psycho-criminology, Crime, and the Law" (2nd Editon)], MDPI, 2021 - 2022.
  • Research Topic Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, Forensic and Legal Psychology Specialty Section (Research Topic: "Crime, Mental Health, and the Law: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective"), Frontiers, 2020 - 2021.
  • Special Issue Guest Editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Special Issue: "Psycho-criminology, Crime, and the Law"), MDPI, 2019 - 2020.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Advancing Corrections Journal, International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), 2016 - Present.
  • Editorial Board Member, Heliyon, Elsevier, 2019 - 2020.
  • Ad-Hoc Reviewer for over 90 refereed journals, academic publishers, and research grant funders.


Keynote and Invited Presentations

  • The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups. Keynote Presentation for a public community event on "Juvenile sexual offending and risk behavior: What are the contributing factors?" for school teachers and principals, social workers, counselors, and youth workers. Hong Kong. November 1, 2019.

  • Hong Kong Police Psychological Services Group. November 7, 2018; Hong Kong. Invited Round-Table Forum Presentation on "Understanding criminal behaviours from a psychological perspective" for all Hong Kong Police Force members and clinical psychologists from Hong Kong Correctional Services Department and the forensic team of the Castle Peak Hospital at the "Symposium on Applying Psychology to Criminal Investigation."

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. October 13, 2017; Singapore. Invited Presentation on "Violent Sexual Offending: A Psycho-criminological Perspective" for psychology faculty and social sciences undergraduate students.
  • University of Liverpool, Singapore Campus. October 11, 2017; Singapore. Invited Presentation on "Violent Sexual Offending: A Psycho-criminological Perspective" for criminology faculty and undergraduate students.
  • HELP University, Malaysia. June 14, 2017; Malaysia. Invited Presentation on "Stalking Perpetration and Victimization: Preliminary Findings from Hong Kong and Malaysian Samples" for psychology undergraduate students and staff.
  • Hong Kong Playground Association. March 4, 2017; Hong Kong. Keynote Presentation for a public community event, "Youth Offending Behavior: Online versus Offline Behavior."
  • Hong Kong Commission on Youth and Facebook Hong Kong. February 21, 2017; Hong Kong. Invited Roundtable Discussion on "Facebook's Online Safety."
  • Singapore Home Team School of Criminal Investigation (HTSCI). February 13, 2017; Singapore. Invited Presentation on "Managing Investigative Risk: Understanding of Sexual Homicide and Stalking Crime, and Profile of Perpetrators" for Investigation Expert Career Track Milestone Course from the Singapore Police Force.
  • Malaysian Psychology Student Assembly (MAPSA) 2016. November 5-6, 2016; Malaysia. Keynote Presentation for the conference with keynote presentation topic on "Understanding Sexual Homicide Offenders: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective.
  • HELP University, Malaysia. November 6, 2016; Malaysia. Invited Presentation on "Stalking Perpetration and Victimization in Hong Kong: Prevalence and Experiences among University Students" for psychology undergraduate students and staff.
  • Singapore Home Team School of Criminal Investigation (HTSCI). July 15, 2016; Singapore. Invited Presentation on "Sexual Homicide and Stalking Crimes: Lessons Learnt for Criminal Investigation from Research Studies" for investigation management staff of the Singapore Police Force and the Home Team.

  • Caritas Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. May 28, 2016; Hong Kong. Keynote Presentation for the conference on "Youth and Sexual Offending," with keynote presentation topic on "Juvenile Sexual Offending: What We Know and What Can We Do?"

  • Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. April 1, 2016; Malaysia. Invited Presentation on "Violent Sexual Offending: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective" for faculty members and postgraduate students of the School of Social Sciences.
  • Singapore Institute of Mental Health (IMH). December 11, 2015; Singapore. Invited Presentation on "Sexual Offending: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective" for multidisciplinary staff from various departments in IMH.
  • CityU Outreach Seminar. October 29, 2015; Hong Kong. Invited Presentation for the theme on "Rehabilitation" in sharing the partnership experience with the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department, with audience from the CityU community and NGOs.
  • TEDxHKUST 2015. October 3, 2015; Hong Kong. Invited TED Presentation for the theme on "United by Diversity," with topic on "Trust Your Intuition: Your Survival Signal." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaetMWwgWyE
  • Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). January 15, 2015; Hong Kong. Invited Seminar for drama scriptwriters with topic on "The Psychology of Serial Killing."
  • NGO Forum 2014. November 26, 2014; Hong Kong. Keynote Presentation for the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department and City University of Hong Kong co-organized forum, with keynote presentation topic on "Importance of Self-Control and Social Bonds in Crime Desistance and Offender Rehabilitation."
  • KELLY Support Group. May 19, 2013; Hong Kong. Invited Presentation for a community forum on "Why are Our Youth Falling through the Cracks?" with topic on "The Importance of Healthy Levels of Self-Control and Social Bonds: Protective Factors to Juvenile Delinquency."


Professional Association Positions

  • Elected Member of the Presidium, The General Assembly, Asian Criminological Society (ACS), 2022 - 2024; 2019 - 2021; 2016 - 2018.
  • Appointed Member, Research and Development (R&D) Committee, International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), 2013 – Present.


Professional Memberships

  • Asian Criminological Society (ACS), Macau, China; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), USA; American Psychological Association (APA), USA; American Society of Criminology (ASC), USA; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), USA; Association of Theat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), USA; International Corrections and Prisons Associations (ICPA), Canada; Delta Epsilon Sigma (National Scholastic Honor Society), USA; Pi Gamma Mu (International Honor Society in Social Sciences), USA; Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology, USA.


Last update date : 19 Oct 2022