Mr Bo Zhang
bxz22jdv@bangor.ac.uk
Qualifications
- Master of Law: Law (Criminal Law direction)
Guangxi Normal University, 2019–2022 - Master of Law: LLM in Contemporary Legal Studies
University of Chester, 2020–2021 - Bachelor of Management: Administrative Management (Police Management direction)
The National Police University for Criminal Justice, 2014–2018 - PhD: Criminology and Criminal Justice
2022–2026 - Visiting PhD student (Funded by Taith Programme)
University of Nevada - Las Vegas, 2024–2024
Research Interests
My PhD thesis focuses on, after the Covid-19 pandemic, the impact of victim experience in anti-Chinese hate crimes on British society. Qualitative research is my main research methodology, and fieldwork and semi-structured interviews are adopted in my research. Furthermore, my interests include victims and policing.
Publications
2025
- PublishedWillingness to report hate crimes: How attitudes, police perceptions, and sexual orientation shape bystander response
Zhang, C. & Zhang, B., 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Criminal Justice. 97, March–April 2025, p. 1-9
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- PublishedExploring Situational Triggers of Intimate Partner Femicide within the Ecological Framework: Evidence from Married Females in China
Zhang, B., 1 Oct 2024, In: Victims & Offenders. p. 1-29 29 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedExploring the Individual Impacts of Racial Hate Crime after COVID-19 Pandemic: Insight from Anti-Chinese Hate Crime in Britain
Zhang, B., 11 Jul 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - PublishedHow Divorce Constructs the Legalisation of Intimate Partner Homicide? : A Victim Blaming Perspective
Zhang, B., Apr 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
2023
- PublishedReferral of Youth Justice System in England and Wales Lessons to China
Zhang, B., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Henan Police College. 32, 3, p. 29-41
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedResearch on Legal Regulation of Internet-based Behaviours of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles
Zhang, B., Zhang, G. & Zhang, Q., 1 Jun 2022.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - E-pub ahead of print“沉默的蓝墙”：犯罪亚文化视阈下美国警察共谋腐败现象与预防
Zhang, B. & Chen, X., 19 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Beijing Police College.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2024
- University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Visiting PhD student funded by Taith program
23 Aug 2024 – 14 Dec 2024
Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher) - First Summer School of the European Society of Criminology
19 Aug 2024 – 23 Aug 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
Other Grants and Projects
Research Funded
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2023-2025 |
Supervisor |
The Impact of the Victim Experiences of Racial Hate Crimes After the COVID-19 Pandemic on British Society: Insights From Anti-Chinese Hate Crimes in the UK Funded by the Center for Social Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (CNY 8,300) |
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2021-2023 |
Supervisor |
"The Blue Wall of Silence": Research on the Rules of Collusion Corruption of American Police from the Perspective of Criminal Subculture Funded by Guangxi Against Corruption Construction Research Centre and Guangxi Normal University Party Regulations Research Centre (CNY 8,000) |
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2021-2023 |
Member |
Research on the Integrated Promotion Mechanism of Anti-corruption from the Perspective of Legal Guarantee Funded by Guangxi Against Corruption Construction Research Centre and Guangxi Normal University Party Regulations Research Centre (CNY 10,000) |
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2021-2022 |
Supervisor |
Research on Hate Crime in Britain Funded by Distinction Postgraduate Thesis Cultivation Program, Guangxi Normal University (CNY 3,000) |
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
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Year |
Name |
Fund |
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2024 |
Welsh Taith Programme |
£ 6,020 |
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2024 |
British Sociological Association Annual Conference Support Funded |
free conference registration |
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2023 |
11th Fellowship Programme for Graduate Thesis on Chinese Anthropology Fieldwork |
¥ 8,300 |
|
2022 |
Research Supported Funded by College of Arts, Humanities & Business PGR Financial Support, Bangor University |
£ 500 × 2 |
|
2022 |
Vice-Chancellor Scholarship, Bangor University |
50% tuition reduction |
|
2021 |
Distinction Postgraduate Thesis Cultivation Program, Guangxi Normal University |
¥ 3,000 |
|
2021 |
Third-class Academic Scholarship, Guangxi Normal University |
¥ 2,500 |
|
2019 |
Third-class Academic Scholarship, Guangxi Normal University |
¥ 2,500 |
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2016 |
University Commendation Award, The National Police University for Criminal Justice |
N/A |