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Revisiting Goldstein's drugs-violence nexus: Expanding the framework for the globalized era (2025)
Auteur(s) :
LIEM, M. ;
MOELLER, K.
Année
2025
Page(s) :
71-83
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
MONDIALISATION
;
VIOLENCE
;
CONCEPT
;
RECHERCHE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
;
EUROPE
Résumé :
In 1985, Goldstein developed a framework to capture the relationships between drugs and violence in the United States, laying a foundation for future research on drug-related violence. Since then, the rise of synthetic drugs, including in Europe, and the introduction of online drug transactions have drastically changed illicit drug markets and associated violence contexts. Technological innovations, increased globalization, and diversification of drug types call for an expansion of Goldstein’s framework, given the accompanying changes in violence. In this paper, we review the conceptual and empirical research on drugs and violence including contributions from Europe and propose refinements to the tripartite framework. This expanded framework specifies the context of the violence in terms of different stages of the drug route, and access- and consumption-related events at the individual level. This more fine-grained classification will be able to better capture the characteristics of drug-related violence in Europe and other world regions in a globalized era. [Author's abstract]
Affiliation :
Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands
Department of Criminology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
Department of Criminology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden