Narratives of Compensated Dating of Girls in Hong Kong Using Routine Activity Theory: Results of a Focus Group Study of Guardians
| Autor: | Jessica C. M. Li, Cindy Xinshan Jia, Chau-kiu Cheung, Yolanda Mengyan Yu, Ping Nguyen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Qualitative property Pathology and Forensic Medicine Interpersonal relationship Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Nursing Legal guardian Medicine Humans Applied Psychology 0505 law media_common Social work business.industry 05 social sciences Focus Groups Focus group Sex Work Public Opinion 050501 criminology Routine activity theory Hong Kong Female Ideology business Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. 62(2) |
| ISSN: | 1552-6933 |
| Popis: | This article presents public discourses on compensated dating of adolescent girls in Chinese society. Data are obtained from eight focus groups comprising 50 guardians at private, parochial, and public levels (i.e., social workers, police officers, parents of students, and community representatives). Qualitative data are used to demonstrate how the guardians conceptualize and contextualize compensated dating as an outcome of the dynamics of societal features. Social features such as contemporary ideologies, Internet technology advancement, commercialization of human relationships, and ambiguity between “right” and “wrong” motivate the service providers and customers of compensated dating, and accelerate their convergence and weakened levels of guardianship in society. This study is the first to connect the features of compensated dating of adolescent girls with recent societal changes using the routine activity approach. The findings confirm the application of the routine activity approach in the phenomenon of girls’ compensated dating, and also offer theoretical and practical implications. |
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