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• 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)

Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University 麻豆精选 (previously affiliated with the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at City University of Hong Kong). He received his Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida, FL, USA, and was a recipient of the Outstanding Criminology Ambassador Award in 2012 and Distinguished Alumni Award in 2021. To date, Dr Chan was presented with 9 awards to recognize his exemplary contributions to research and professional education; for instance, the Early Career Award (2014, Research Grant Council of the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong Government), The President’s Award (2017, Office of the President, CityU), CLASS New Researcher Award (2017, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences [CLASS], CityU), Outstanding Supervisor Award (2018, the Provost Office, CityU), and CLASS Teaching Innovation Award – Team Award (2019, CLASS, CityU). When he was in the U.S., Dr Chan interned and later employed by the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Case Review Units as one of its first two Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Violent Criminals Apprehension Program (ViCAP) analysts. 

Dr Chan is listed among the Top 2% of the most highly cited scientists in the world (in the sub-fields of criminology, legal and forensic medicine, and social sciences) based on the metrics compiled by Stanford University (October 2023 and August 2024 versions). Importantly, he is ranked Top 0.5% in the sub-field of criminology. 

Dr Chan’s research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking behaviour, juvenile delinquency, psycho-criminology, and Asian criminology. As of October 2024, Dr Chan has published over 115 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He has since published 9 academic books, with 3 as the sole-authored monographs on sexual homicide and sexual offending (Wiley, 2023; Springer Nature, 2019; and Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and another 6 as the (lead) co-editor of edited volumes on ex-partner stalking (Wiley, 2024), school violence and bullying (Edward Elgar, 2024), animal abuse and interpersonal violence (Wiley, 2023), the African mental health and criminal justice system (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), the international perspective of stalking behaviour (Wiley, 2020), and the psycho-criminological perspective of Asian criminal justice (i.e., police, correctional, and legal psychology; Routledge, 2017). His book on the stalking behaviour was selected and awarded the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2020.

Research Topics of Interest

• Sexual and Violent Offending
• Stalking Behaviour
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Psycho-Criminology
• Asian Criminology

Research interests

• Sexual Homicide
• Sexual Offending
• Stalking Behaviour
• Violent Offending
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Psycho-Criminology
• Asian Criminology

• Book Series Editor, The Wiley Series in the Psycho-Criminology of Crime, Mental Health and the Law (John Wiley & Sons)
• Co-Editor, Behavioral Sciences and the Law (John Wiley & Sons)
• Section Editor, Heliyon (Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Section) (Cell Press)
• Senior Editor, Cogent Social Sciences (Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice Section) (Taylor & Francis)
• Associate Editor, Sexual Abuse (SAGE Publications)
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry (Forensic Psychiatry Section) (Frontiers)
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (Forensic and Legal Psychology Section) (Frontiers)
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (SAGE Publications)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Criminal Justice (Elsevier)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Criminal Psychology (Emerald Publishing)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Sexual Aggression (Taylor & Francis)
• Editorial Board Member, Behavioral Sciences (Social Psychology Section) (MDPI)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Advancing Corrections Journal (International Corrections and Prisons Association)
• Elected Member of Presidium, The General Assembly of Asian Criminological Society (ACS) (2022-2024; 2019-2021; 2016-2018)
• Appointed Member of the Research and Development Committee (R&D Committee) of International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) (2013 –)