Project Description

Dr Vincent Cheng
鄭誠博士
BA HKU, MPhil HKU, PhD HKU
Assistant Professor
Applied Social Studies
vcheng@ouhk.edu.hk
2768 5739
Biography
Dr Vincent Cheng received his PhD in Sociology and Criminology from the University of Hong Kong. He has taught in a number of universities in Hong Kong including the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Community College of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University before working in the School of Arts and Social Sciences in the Open University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor. He is interested in crime and punishment in general and his current research is about drug rehabilitation and drug detention in Mainland China, and elder drug users in Hong Kong.
Teaching Areas & Research Interests
- Sociology
- Criminology
- Penology
- China Studies
Academic & Professional Experience
Research grant
Principal investigator, Nerd and Snitch: A Case Study of Prison Culture in Chinese Drug Detention Centres, Research and development fund, HKD $99,892, 2017-2019
Principal investigator, Rituals of reintegration and drug rehabilitation: A case study of a peer education programme in Shanghai, Research and development fund, HKD$97,825, 2016-2018
Co-investigator, The lived experience of infertility of Chinese Women in Hong Kong, Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust, HKD$95,788, 2015-2017
Selected Publications
- Cheng, S Vincent. & Chen, Y. (under review) ‘Othering’ in Peer Education: A Case Study of the Rebirth Peer Education Program in China
Books
- Cheng, S Vincent. (2019).Hypocrisy: Tales and realities of drug detainees in China (Hong Kong: HKU Press)
Book Chapters
- Cheng, S Vincent. (2018). “The initiation ceremonies of incarceration”. In Bakken, B. (eds.). Crime and the Chinese Dream, Hong Kong: HKU Press.
- Cheng, S Vincent. & Ye, X. (2016) The function of peer education from a reintegrative shaming perspective, In 2016 Chinese Anti-Drug Forum – Drug rehabilitation and recovery. Beijing: China National Narcotic Control Committee (In Chinese)
- Cheng, S. (2010). “Fighting the White Monster: Three Stories from the Chinese Compulsory Detoxification Center”. In Fhlainn, Sorcha Ni (eds.). Our Monstrous (S)kin: Blurring the Boundaries Between Monsters and Humanity, Oxford, United Kingdom: The Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Journal Articles
- Mimi MH Tiu, Juliana YF Hong, Vincent S Cheng, Connie YC Kam & Bernadette TY Ng (2018) Lived experience of infertility among Hong Kong Chinese women, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 13:1, DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1554023
Selected Professional & Community Services
- Centre fellow, Centre for Criminology, The University of Hong Kong
- Academic Assessor, SOC5012 Sociology of Deviance, Centennial College