George lee is one of our Directors, and took a Ph.D. at Cambridge. This book results from that work and we seriously recommend it.
Stephen
How has rapid economic modernization in China and India impacted upon policing? To what extent are the two police forces trusted by its citizens? Do the police carry out their duties in a fair and unbiased fashion? What does police corruption look like and why does it persist? And what are the influencing factors in decision-making at the moments-of-truth? Filling the lacuna of research into the police in China and India, this book offers a unique comparative study of the prevalence, nature and organization of police corruption in these countries.This book provides key insights into the relationships between rapid economic modernisation, urbanisation and crime, and its effects on police organisational culture and behaviour as well as on ethical decision making. Moreover, this book performs an audit on which country is better placed to tackle corruption and professionalise their police service.It is essential reading for all those interested in understanding modern China.
About the author:
Dr George Chak Man LeePhD & MA (Cantab)Dr Lee was born in a Hong Kong shanty town pig shed, worked in a toy factory aged 5, came to UK aged 10 unable to speak any English where he lived and worked in his family’s take away shop in Portsmouth. He attended a local comprehensive school on a council estate where 90% of his peers entered the local dockyard as manual workers.George was the first British Chinese to join the MoD and the UK police. He was selected for the fast track and won a staff college scholarship to study for his undergraduate degree on full pay at Trinity College, University of Cambridge where he founded ABACUS (a student association promoting racial integration). In the Met Police, he served in Vice, Drugs, Murder, Organised Crime, and Riot Squads; Instructor at Hendon Police College and Bramshill Staff College; seconded to MI6, Hong Kong, and China. He was promoted to Chief Inspector and founded the Black Police Association to tackle racism within the criminal justice system.He left the Metropolitan Police in 1998 and entered the corporate world where he helped launch egg (first internet bank), Trainline.com, and VodafoneLive – the first mobile multi-media proposition that has changed the way we live our lives and ushered in the digital age. He was Senior Vice President T-Mobile International, Managing Partner at Mercer and Oliver Wyman, Managing Director at Logica, Senior Partner at Wipro, and Head of Government Sector at Chaucer.George was the first Chinese to stand as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in 2010 and he stood as the LibDem Westminster North Parliamentary Candidate in the 2019 general election.George obtained his Development Studies PhD (in only 18 months) from Trinity College, University of Cambridge in 2018 and authored two books: 1/ Police Corruption in Comparative Perspectives – Building trust in the police in India and China, Routledge 2019. 2/ Causes and Consequences of Chinese Organised Crime – The Triads, in Organized Crime – Causes and Consequences Robert Lombard (Ed), Nova 2019.He currently holds Non-Executive Director positions at WayLink Invest, Wailian, and 48 Group. George has sat on the board of many organisations that seeks to address social mobility and race relations.
