MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom - Happiness THE PEOPLE’S POLICE ACADEMY Hanoi, August10th, 2018 INFORMATION ABOUT NEW THEORETICAL AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION OF THE THESIS Thesis title: The pursuit of wanted offenders as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force Specialized: Criminology and Crime prevention Code: 62.38.01.05 Name of the PhD candidate: Nguyen Cong Long Course: 18 Titles and names of the supervisors: First supervisor: Professor Nguyen Phung Hong, PhD Second supervisor: Nguyen Van Cu, PhD Name of the training institution: The People’s Police Academy, Ministry of Public Security The thesis systematically and thoroughly studied the process of pursuing the fugitives as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force The new contributions of the thesis could be listed as follow: - Based on current scientific and theoretical basis, the thesis focused on the definition, characteristics, legal basis and the principles of pursuing wanted offenders as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force; the process of pursuing the fugitives; the collaboration of the fugitive pursuing police force and other forces in purchasing wanted offenders This helps clarify the theory system of pursuing wanted offenders as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force - The thesis also thoroughly studied, analyzed and evaluated the circumstance of crime and other legal violations, the situation and characteristics of the fugitives; the organizaton of the fugitive pursuing police force and the process of pursuing wanted offenders as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force; the cooperation between forces in pursuing wanted offenders; evaluated the effectiveness of pursuing the fugitives and the causes of limitations and shortcomings - The thesis also provided forecasts about wanted offenders and the factors affecting the process of pursuing them as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force Moreover, it suggested a number of solutions to improve the effectiveness of the pursuing wanted offenders as the function of the fugitive pursuing police force to support the process of combating crimes and ensuring the security and social order SUPERVISOR PHD CANDIDATE Professor Nguyen Phung Hong, PhD Nguyen Cong Long