Historique
Chapitre
Women in the street-level drug economy: continuity or change?
Année
2010
Page(s) :
396-413
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-0-19-973929-5
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIOLENCE
;
PROSTITUTION
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
HISTOIRE
;
REVENDEUR
Note générale :
Reprinted from "Women in the street-level drug economy: continuity or change?" In : Criminology, 1996; 34, p. 465-491.
Résumé :
In this article, Lisa Maher and Kathleen Daly use ethnographic research to examine women's roles in the informal drug economy. The authors find that the drug labor market is stratified by gender within which women are more likely than men to occupy lower-level positions. Women are viewed as untrustworthy and unable to engage in and respond appropriately to drug-related violence. Moreover, the authors find that opportunities for sex-for-drug exchanges have declined, and potential earnings from these exchanges are limited.
Cote :
L00464-C