Biography

Dr. Jessica Li is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Studies at City University of Hong Kong, whose research interests include “crime prevention policy “, “social work practice with offenders”, and “policing”. She received her B.A. in social work and Ph.D. from City University of Hong Kong, and M.Phil. in Criminology from Cambridge University, UK. In 2012, she was awarded 2 grants from the Research Grant Council (RGC) for supporting two projects on “preventing financial crimes against older people” and “community responses to compensated dating among juvenile girls”. Her recent publications have appeared in British Journal of Social Work, International Social Work, International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, Psychology, Crime & Law, Journal of Family Violence, and Policing & Society. Her recent single-authored book, Theft and Delinquency: Juvenile Crime Prevention Theories and Practices, was published in 2008.