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Cantonese for Law Enforcement

by John Cameron

221 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-0385; ISBN 1-55369-572-0; US$22.50, C$25.95, EUR18.50, £13.00

A practical guide to Cantonese for law enforcement, immigration, customs, corrections, and security professionals.

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About the Book CANTONESE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT A Practical Guide to Cantonese for Law Enforcement, Immigration, Customs, Corrections and Security Professionals Immigrants from Asian countries now make up the largest proportion of new immigrants to North America. Cantonese Chinese is currently the most common Asian dialect encountered by law enforcement officers and public safety officials working in fields such as policing, security, customs, immigration and corrections. Cantonese for Law Enforcement is a new, original reference guide which accomplishes two goals: It helps enforcement officers who already speak some Cantonese to communicate more effectively by providing the specific terms and phrases needed in law enforcement; and It provides the student or teacher of Cantonese with the first phrasebook and vocabulary specifically designed for law enforcement. Developed by a western police officer influenced by his own experiences working in a North American Chinese community for over ten years, Cantonese for Law Enforcement provides practical vocabulary for the types of real-life situations commonly encountered in law enforcement. Cantonese for Law Enforcement has been field tested by police officers in agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and recognized as a valuable new law enforcement resource.

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Reviews

I strongly believe that this book is a valuable tool, especially for non-Chinese speaking members when they are dealing with Chinese people. I especially liked the book's step by step approach, working from the Introduction to Cantonese to the specific On the Street section.

Constable Gary Law, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

I work in a city with a large Cantonese speaking population and previously learned some basic conversational Cantonese to help in my duties*. The book contains some very good vocabulary for law enforcement which I couldn't get elsewhere, and I recently used it to help serve and explain court documents to a family of Cantonese-only speaking individuals.

Constable Ben Maure, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

As both a Cantonese speaker and a former senior police officer, I note Mr. Cameron has created a resource which focuses well on a specific area. The result is most informative and should prove useful to a number of law enforcement sectors.

Richard J. Ladds, Chief Inspector Hong Kong Police (Retired)

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About the Author

John Cameron was a member of the Vancouver Police Department for 13 years, and spent eight of those years working as a patrol officer in Vancouver's Chinatown. He has studied Cantonese at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Hong Kong University and with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force.

In 1995, Mr. Cameron began law school and after graduation in 1999 left the police force to begin practising law. While attending law school on exchange in Hong Kong in 1997, Mr. Cameron completed the Hong Kong Government Advanced Cantonese course.

Mr. Cameron now practises law in Vancouver and his client base includes many police officers and members of the Chinese community.

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