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Conference Paper: The medicalization of deviance in China
Title | The medicalization of deviance in China |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | The Asian Criminological Society (ACS). |
Citation | The 3rd Annual International Conference of the Asian Criminological Society (ACS), Taipei, Taiwan, 16-19 December 2011. In Conference Proceedings, 2011, p. 152-166 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Conrad and Schneider’s now classical work on the historical transformation of definitions of deviance from “badness” to “sickness” is relevant for the situation in China today, although with some modifications. The weakly founded medical/psychiatric profession and the strong political/ideological discourse in China leads to a strange combination of medicalization and moralization, even criminalization of deviance. The “sick” is often combined with the “bad”, and “sickness” is often seen as a secondary sign of “badness”. The pan-moralist tradition of ancient China seems to be closely combined with the Communist era’s strong belief in political-ideological correctness, and its strong belief in social engineering. It is interesting to note that my research on crime and deviance in China in the 1980s and 1990s seems to be confirmed by today’s discourse, although there are new moral panics and new forms of medical-moralistic definitions of deviance in China today. Still, the categories of deviance are very much socially constructed entities closely related to the moral-political order of present day China. I will use three cases to underline my argument. First, the type of deviance I call “majority deviance”, related to the case of the prejudice and dangers associated with the only-child. My second example has to do with what I term the “wayward girl” and the moral panics concerning so-called zaolian – or “premature love” among young girls. The third example is the new panic surrounding “internet addiction disorder” or IAD. While the “disco” and the “dance hall” were the sites of disorder in the 1980s and 90s, the wangba – or “internet bar” is now seen as the most dangerous site of crime and deviance. |
Description | 亞洲犯罪學學會 Conference Theme: Asian Innovations in Criminology and Criminal Justice Part 5: Juvenile Delinquency and Justice |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/146508 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Bakken, B | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-24T08:06:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-24T08:06:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 3rd Annual International Conference of the Asian Criminological Society (ACS), Taipei, Taiwan, 16-19 December 2011. In Conference Proceedings, 2011, p. 152-166 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/146508 | - |
dc.description | 亞洲犯罪學學會 | en_US |
dc.description | Conference Theme: Asian Innovations in Criminology and Criminal Justice | - |
dc.description | Part 5: Juvenile Delinquency and Justice | - |
dc.description.abstract | Conrad and Schneider’s now classical work on the historical transformation of definitions of deviance from “badness” to “sickness” is relevant for the situation in China today, although with some modifications. The weakly founded medical/psychiatric profession and the strong political/ideological discourse in China leads to a strange combination of medicalization and moralization, even criminalization of deviance. The “sick” is often combined with the “bad”, and “sickness” is often seen as a secondary sign of “badness”. The pan-moralist tradition of ancient China seems to be closely combined with the Communist era’s strong belief in political-ideological correctness, and its strong belief in social engineering. It is interesting to note that my research on crime and deviance in China in the 1980s and 1990s seems to be confirmed by today’s discourse, although there are new moral panics and new forms of medical-moralistic definitions of deviance in China today. Still, the categories of deviance are very much socially constructed entities closely related to the moral-political order of present day China. I will use three cases to underline my argument. First, the type of deviance I call “majority deviance”, related to the case of the prejudice and dangers associated with the only-child. My second example has to do with what I term the “wayward girl” and the moral panics concerning so-called zaolian – or “premature love” among young girls. The third example is the new panic surrounding “internet addiction disorder” or IAD. While the “disco” and the “dance hall” were the sites of disorder in the 1980s and 90s, the wangba – or “internet bar” is now seen as the most dangerous site of crime and deviance. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Asian Criminological Society (ACS). | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 3rd Annual ACS Conference | en_US |
dc.title | The medicalization of deviance in China | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Bakken, B: bakken@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Bakken, B=rp00616 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 199235 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 199237 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 152 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 166 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Taiwan | en_US |