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Dr. Liqun Chao is a professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario Canada. His research interests include Comparative studies, Criminological theory, Gun ownership, and Policing.

His research essays have appeared in many national and international journals, including the top journals of Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Policing. 

His co-authored paper won the Donal MacNamara Award of Academy of Criminal Justice Science in 2008. In addition, he published the monograph Major Criminological Theories: Concepts and Measurement and co-edited the anthology Lessons From International/Comparative Criminology/Criminal Justice in 2004.
He also writes in Chinese and his co-authored book The Empirical Status of Major Criminological Theories was published in Chinese with Professor Susyan Jou in 2007. He co-edited an anthology Criminology in Chinese with Professor Xin Ren in 2008.
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