Titre : | Everything you always wanted to know about drug cryptomarkets* (*but were afraid to ask) [Editorial] (2016) |
Auteurs : | M. J. BARRATT ; J. ALDRIDGE |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.35, September 2016) |
Article en page(s) : | 1-6 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PRODUIT ILLICITE ; MARCHE DE LA DROGUE ; INTERNET ; DEFINITION ; METHODE ; RECHERCHE |
Résumé : |
For some drug policy scholars, including us, the online marketplace Silk Road and its successors are inherently fascinating. When we first discovered Silk Road in 2011, on opposite sides of the globe, we could not believe it was real: people were buying illegal drugs anonymously through a global marketplace that resembled eBay or Amazon. We were instantly hooked. Rather than addressing our fellow cryptomarket-obsessed colleagues who will no doubt already be devouring the 12 articles in the issue, we would like to address the remaining readership of the journal, who may not know much at all about cryptomarkets and may wonder what relevance cryptomarkets have to broader drug policy scholarship. [...]
In this editorial, we aim to demonstrate why the journal readers should care about cryptomarkets. What are cryptomarkets and how do they work? How do the papers in this special issue contribute to mapping the innovation of cryptomarkets? What are the novel methodological opportunities and ethical issues that arise in conducting these kinds of studies? And what can we say about the future of cryptomarkets? [Extracts] |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Sous-type de document : | Editorial |
Affiliation : | Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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