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 Hong Kong Metropolitan University as an assistant professor. He is interested in crime and punishment in China in general, with a particular focus on drug rehabilitation, imprisonment, and post-release reintegration in both Mainland China and Hong Kong. His current research is about older people who use drugs in Hong Kong. He has published in international journals like Punishment and Society, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, and Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. His book, Hypocrisy: The Tales and Realities of Drug Detainees in China receives honorary mention in the 2020 ACS Distinguished Book Award of Asian Criminology Society. He has been appointed as Centre Fellow by the Centre for Criminology The University of Hong Kong (https://crime.hku.hk/single-php/centre-fellows/).
Teaching Areas & Research Interests
- Sociology
- Criminology
- Penology
- China Studies
Academic & Professional Experience
Awards
Honorary mention in the 2020 ACS Distinguished Book Award of Asian Criminology Society - Hypocrisy: Tales and realities of drug detainees in China
Third Prize Paper Award, Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, 2018 International Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment in Asia and Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, November, 2018
Second Prize Paper Award, Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, 2017 Anti-drug challenges and opportunities in the frontiers of one belt one road: Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, November 27-30, 2017
Research grant
PI, “The boomerang effect in anti-drug advertisements in Hong Kong”, funded by the Faculty Development Fund, Research Grant Council, HKD $502,075, 01/01/2022 – 31/03/2023
PI, The social exclusion of elder drug users in Hong Kong, Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust Research and Publication Fund (Applied Research), HKD $99,932, 2020-2021
PI, Nerd and Snitch: A Case Study of Prison Culture in Chinese Drug Detention Centres, Research and development fund, HKD $99,892, 2017-2019
PI, Rituals of reintegration and drug rehabilitation: A case study of a peer education programme in China, Research and development fund, HKD$97,825, 2016-2018
Co-I, The lived experience of infertility of Chinese Women in Hong Kong, Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust, HKD$95,788, 2015-2017
Selected Publications
Books
- Cheng, S. (Under contract), Social exclusion and criminal behavior among older drug users in Hong Kong: The Professional Fall Guy, Routledge
- Cheng, S Vincent. (2019). Hypocrisy: Tales and realities of drug detainees in China, Hong Kong: HKU Press
Book Chapters
- Cheng, S. (under review) Employment experience of marginalized older people who use drugs in legal and illegal markets in Hong Kong
- Cheng, S. (2018), “Tales of rehabilitation and realities of pain, in Bakken, B.(Ed), 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
- Vincent S Cheng, Arbitor YC Ma, Wai L Chan, Vera CL Hau & Amy HN Cheung (under preparation) The impact of perceived freedom threat, perceived realism, and gender to boomerang effect of anti-drug advertisement in Hong Kong: A mixed method approach
- Amy HN Cheung, Vincent S Cheng (co-first author), Arbitor YC Ma, Wai L Chan, Vera CL Hau (under review) Effectiveness of anti-drug ad - a multidimensional perspective and measure
- Cheng, S. Vincent (under review) Coexisting with drug addiction: Strategies that Hong Kong older mixed users use to improve their self-perceived living quality
- Cheng, S Vincent & Lapto K. (accepted) The impact of later life events on treatment motivation of older adults with substance use disorder in Hong Kong, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. (SSCI)
- Cheng, S Vincent. & Lapto, Kayan Florence (2021) The social meaning of snitching in Chinese drug detention centers, Punishment & Society. 23(3), 355-375 (SSCI)
- Cheng, S Vincent. & Chen, Y. (2020) Othering' in Peer Education: A Case Study of the Rebirth Peer Education Program in China, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 27(6), 470-478. (SSCI)
- 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 (SSCI)
Selected Professional & Community Services
- Journal reviewer for follows journals: Punishment and Society, Asian Journal of Criminology, Contemporary Drug Problems, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being, SN Social Sciences
- Editorial Board member, SN Social Sciences
- Board of Director, The Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States
- Fellow, Public and Social Policy Research Centre, HKMU
- Centre fellow, Centre for Criminology, The University of Hong Kong
- Member, International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
- Member, Asian Criminology Society
Modified Date: 22 Feb, 2023
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