Staff Faculty/Teaching Staff CHEUNG Wai-ting
  CHEUNG Nicole Wai-ting 鄭慧婷
Assistant Professor
PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004)

nwtcheung@cuhk.edu.hk
+852 3943 6614

Current Research & Teaching Interest

Sociology of crime and deviance
Substance abuse
Youth problem
Gambling
Evaluative Research
Social Problems in China

Selected Publications

2010 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Strain, Self-Control, and Gender Differences in Delinquency among Chinese Adolescents: Extending General Strain Theory.”Sociological Perspectives 53(3):321-345.
2009 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). "Counting crime in Hong Kong," in Introduction to Crime, Law and Justice in Hong Kong, edited by M. Gaylord, D. Gittings and H. Traver. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
2008 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Self-control, Social Factors, and Delinquency: A Test of the General Theory of Crime Among Adolescents in Hong Kong.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 37: 412-430.
2008 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Routine Activities Theory: Crime and Victimization.” Criminology (in Chinese), edited by Liqun Cao and Xin Ren. China: China Remin University Press.
2007 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Self-control, Social Capital and Rising Prevalence of Drug Use Among Adolescents: The Case of Hong Kong.” Chinese Journal of Drug Dependence 16(3): 212-219 (in Chinese).
2006 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Is Hong Kong Experiencing Normalization of Adolescent Drug Use? Some Reflections on the Normalization Thesis.” Substance Use & Misuse 41(14):1967-1990. (Reprinted in Natarajan, Mangai ed. 2010. Drugs of Abuse: The International Scene, Volume 1, pp.215-238. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.)
2003 (Co-authored with Yuet-wah Cheung). “Social Capital and Risk Level of Post-treatment Drug Use: Implications for Harm Reduction Among Male Treated Addicts in Hong Kong.” Addiction Research and Theory 11(3):145-162.

Course

SOCI 5635
  Social Problems and Inequalities
UGEC 2703
Youth Problem in Modern Soceity

 

Administrative Duty

Member
Admissions Committee
Faculty Board of Social Science
Member
Admissions Committee
Department of Sociology
Assistant Programme Director
Taught Postgraduate Programme Sub-committee
Department of Sociology
Associate Director
Public Policy Research Centre
The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
   

Community and Professional Service

Member
Research Committee
Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers, HK
Member
Treatment and Rehabilitation Committee
Action Committee Against Narcotics
Narcotics Division
HKSAR Government
Member
Organizing Committee of Cert Course on Management of
Drug Abuse Patients for Family Doctors
The Hong Kong Medical Association
Member
Commission on Youth
Home Affairs Bureau
HKSAR Government
Member
Advisory Committee On Admission of Quality Migrants
and Professionals
Advisory Committee for Immigration Department
HKSAR Government
Member
Action Committee Against Narcotics Sub-committee on
Treatment and Rehabilitation
   

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