Historique
Chapitre
The police, gender and the culture of drug use and addiction
Auteur(s) :
YOUNG, M.
Année
1997
Page(s) :
55-75
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLICE
;
SEXE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
CULTUREL
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
In : MCDONALD M., Gender, drink and drugs, Oxford, Berg publ., 1997, (Coll. Cross-cultural perspectives on women, Vol.10), 55-75
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Much of the activity surrounding drug-taking and drug abuse has a non-crime history in police classificatory terms. It has often been related to illness and weakness and linked to culturally 'feminine' qualities based on women's supposedly inherent irrationality and emotionalism. It should therefore come as no surprise to find that the police have consistently been uncomfortable when dealing with the ambiguous effects of drug abuse and addiction, for the connotations of illness and personal failure have meant that it has not always been easy to cast such dealings into the required framework of combative warfare directed against a common (male) enemy. (Extract of the publication)
Much of the activity surrounding drug-taking and drug abuse has a non-crime history in police classificatory terms. It has often been related to illness and weakness and linked to culturally 'feminine' qualities based on women's supposedly inherent irrationality and emotionalism. It should therefore come as no surprise to find that the police have consistently been uncomfortable when dealing with the ambiguous effects of drug abuse and addiction, for the connotations of illness and personal failure have meant that it has not always been easy to cast such dealings into the required framework of combative warfare directed against a common (male) enemy. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Newcastle Police Force
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
L00192