Publications

Lapto, F. K., Chan, M. W., Lau, W. S., Souza, A., & Ham, J. (2024). At home in illegality: place-making practices in Hong Kong’s industrial buildings. Housing Studies, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2355197

Cheng, V. S., & Lapto, F. K. (2023). The impact of later life events on cessation motivation of older adults with substance use disorder in Hong Kong. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 67(13-14), 1362-1382. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X231165421

Cheng, V. S. & Lapto, F. K. (2021). The social meaning of snitching in Chinese drug detention centers. Punishment & Society, 23(3), 355–375. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474520949817

Cheng, V. S. & Lapto, F. K. (2023). Employment Experience of Marginalized Older People Who Use Drugs in Hong Kong. In T. C. T. Shum & C. C. L. Kwong (Eds.), Housing and Ageing Policies in Chinese and Global Contexts (pp. 247-263). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5382-0_12

Lapto, F. K. (2025). Navigating in the ‘Shadows’: Risks and Stigma Management Among Female One-Woman Brothel Sex Workers in Hong Kong (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.

Chan, M. W., Lapto, F. K., Lau, W. S., Mak, W. Y., & Souza, A. (2019). It's a fault but not mine: 'living' in industrial buildings in Hong Kong. (Master’s Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.

Lapto, F. K. (2025, June). Insider story (II): Do you use condoms with regular clients? Reaching Out, Action for REACH OUT (AFRO’s Newsletter). [Available in Chinese and English]

Lapto, F. K. (2025, February). Insider Story: Beware of Investment and Loan Scams. Reaching out, Action for REACH OUT (AFRO’s Newsletter). [Available in Chinese and English]

Lapto, F. K., Cheng, V. S., & Joe-Laidler, K. A. ‘Exaggerated compliance’: Confessional writing in Chinese drug detention centres.

Lapto, F. K., Joe-Laidler, K. A., Lowe, K. Li, L., & Chui, V. Personal harm reduction strategies of women who use drug in Hong Kong: a qualitative study.

Lapto, F. K., & Joe-Laidler, K. A. The Social History of Policing Hong Kong’s Sex Industry, 1857–2023, special issue of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Lapto, F. K., & Wang, P. Informal economy, governance, and the sex industry: the case of Hong Kong.

Cheng, V. S., Chan, W. L., & Lapto, F. K. Aging and Addiction: Challenges faced by older adults in Hong Kong, Routledge. (Under contract)