Li Jessica C M, Cheung Chau-Kiu, Jia Cindy X S, Yu Yolanda M Y, Nguyen Ping
1 City University of Hong Kong, China.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Feb;62(2):360-382. doi: 10.1177/0306624X16648960. Epub 2016 May 13.
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.
本文呈现了中国社会中关于少女有偿约会的公众话语。数据来自八个焦点小组，其中包括50名私立、教会和公立层面的监护人（即社会工作者、警察、学生家长和社区代表）。定性数据用于展示监护人如何将有偿约会概念化，并将其置于社会特征动态变化的背景中。当代意识形态、互联网技术进步、人际关系商业化以及“对”与“错”之间的模糊性等社会特征，促使有偿约会的服务提供者和客户产生行为，并加速了他们的趋同以及社会监护水平的削弱。本研究首次运用日常活动方法，将少女有偿约会的特征与近期社会变化联系起来。研究结果证实了日常活动方法在少女有偿约会现象中的应用，同时也具有理论和实践意义。
