‘Othering’ in peer education: a case study of the rebirth peer education program in China

Cheng, Vincent S.; Chen, Yang

doi:10.1080/09687637.2019.1707775

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“…According to the Narcotics Control Law of the PRC (Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, 2008), the first time a person is arrested for using illicit drugs, they can be given a chance to receive non-custodial drug rehabilitation in the community [shequ jiedu] (Zhao, 2015). During this period, the person is required to sign an agreement with local government declaring they will not take drugs again, and they should participate in drug rehabilitation programs like peer education, social work counselling, or methadone maintenance treatment (Cheng and Yang, 2020;Liu and Hsiao, 2018;Yuan, 2019). In 2017, 250,000 people were placed in these non-custodial drug rehabilitation programs (Dirks, n.d.).…”

Section: Research Context -Drug Detention In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The terms they colloquially use for drug detention centers include; "the great wall" [daqiang], "palace" [gong], and simply, "inside" [limian] (Cheng, 2019: 2) also used to refer to prisons. Moreover, in China, people who use drugs are heavily stigmatized (Li, 2014;Yang and Fu, 2017), and being placed in a drug detention center further intensifies the stigma (Cheng and Yang, 2020;Liu et al, 2020;Yuan, 2019).…”

Section: Research Context -Drug Detention In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The social meaning of snitching in Chinese drug detention centers

Cheng

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2020

Punishment & Society

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Snitching is the act of providing information to the authorities in exchange for rewards. Although snitching is, strictly speaking, a taboo among street offenders and prison inmates worldwide, offenders regard some types of snitching as relatively more acceptable than others. Studies regarding the social meaning of snitching have mostly been conducted with reference to American and European contexts, while the situation in the Asian or Chinese context has not been thoroughly explored. This paper helps to fill a research gap by examining the characteristics of the social meaning of snitching in a severely under-researched context—the inmate culture within Chinese drug detention centers. Our discussion is based on data collected from semi-structured interviews with 28 former inmates of drug detention centers, and it endeavors to explore how offenders conceptualize snitching and why they perceive snitching in the way they do. Our findings show that, while inmates in Chinese drug detention centers generally despise snitching, they see some specific forms of snitching as normal or even necessary. We analyze how inmates rationalize snitching behavior in these specific cases, and argue that this process is shaped by the collective control system implemented in the detention centers: (1) the collective merit system that connects each person’s well-being to the collective well-being, and (2) the informant mechanism that divides inmates into competing factions. Finally, theoretical implications are provided.

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Section: Research Context -Drug Detention In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Research Context -Drug Detention In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%