{"id":36149,"date":"2021-07-26T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/ss\/about\/people\/faculty-2\/dr-vincent-cheng\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:13:20","slug":"dr-vincent-cheng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/ss\/sc\/about\/people\/faculty-2\/dr-vincent-cheng\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Vincent Cheng"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr Vincent Cheng<\/h3>\n

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    Biography<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    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 China in general and his current research is about Chinese drug detainees' experiences of arrest, imprisonment, and post-release life.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Teaching Areas & Research Interests<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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      Academic & Professional Experience<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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      Principal investigator,\u00a0Nerd and Snitch: A Case Study of Prison Culture in Chinese Drug Detention Centres,\u00a0Research and development fund, HKD $99,892, 2017-2019<\/h5>\n
      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<\/h5>\n
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      Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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        Cheng, S Vincent. (2019).Hypocrisy: Tales and realities of drug detainees in China (Hong Kong: HKU Press)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Cheng, S Vincent. (2018). \u201cThe initiation ceremonies of incarceration\u201d. In Bakken, B. (eds.). Crime and the Chinese Dream, Hong Kong: HKU Press.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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          Cheng, S Vincent. & Ye, X. (2016) The function of peer education from a reintegrative shaming perspective, In 2016 Chinese Anti-Drug Forum \u2013 Drug rehabilitation and recovery. Beijing: China National Narcotic Control Committee (In Chinese)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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          Cheng, S. (2010). \u201cFighting the White Monster: Three Stories from the Chinese Compulsory Detoxification Center\u201d. In Fhlainn, Sorcha Ni (eds.). Our Monstrous (S)kin: Blurring the Boundaries Between Monsters and Humanity, Oxford, United Kingdom: The Inter-Disciplinary Press.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            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. Available at: https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09687637.2019.1707775<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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            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<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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            Selected Professional & Community Services<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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