If politically deviant and dissident behaviour is not subjected to criminal sanctions, the respective target groups, such as Falun Gong practitioners and human rights defenders, are often subjected to years of administrative detention, such as RTL, for having disturbed the social order or similar petty offences.
即使政治上的偏离行为和持不同政见的行为不受刑事制裁，各个目标群体，如法轮功练习者和人权维护者，也往往会因搅乱社会秩序或类似的轻罪而受到数年的行政拘留，如劳动教养。