Re-storying punishment: How China's long-term ex-heroin dealers turn emotional fissures into moral narratives
Published online on December 18, 2025
Abstract
Punishment & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article examines how punishment is reinterpreted through retrospective prison narratives of former heroin dealers in China. Drawing on life-history interviews, the analysis identifies four interrelated narrative stages—suffering, endurance, affection,...
This article examines how punishment is reinterpreted through retrospective prison narratives of former heroin dealers in China. Drawing on life-history interviews, the analysis identifies four interrelated narrative stages—suffering, endurance, affection,...