History of police, prisons and punishment during colonial Hong Kong and a force labelled ‘the most disgusting squad which ever disgraced a British colony’

Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong: Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Gaol, by May Holdsworth and Christopher Munn. Published by Hong Kong University Press. 4/5 stars The story of the site from which justice was administered for most of Hong Kong’s colonial history, Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong is divided into sections covering the Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison, recounting the overlapping histories…

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