Binding: Paperback
Description: This book examines the drug dealer in contemporary society from an interdisciplinary perspective and considers the increasingly blurred demarcation between illegitimate and legitimate drug markets. It explores the motives and drivers of those involved in drug supply and dispels common and stereotypical myths and misconceptions surrounding illegal drug markets and those who operate within them. The drug dealer has become one of our foremost contemporary folk devils . Those who trade in substances prohibited by law are the subject of array of inaccurate myths and urban legends. Criminology has tended either to shoehorn drug dealers into neat typologies or portray them as victims of an uncaring predatory post - modern society. In reality we know relatively little about the complex and diverse world of drug markets and our concentration inevitably falls on low - end retail dealers who operate in the most visible sectors of the illegal economy. Bringing together an international group of experts this book considers perspectives from around the world including UK US a South America Spain India and Australia. This book will be of interest to students and researchers across criminology law sociology criminal justice and public health and will be essential reading for those taking courses on drugs drug markets and substance misuse.
Title: Understanding Drug Dealing And Illicit Drug Markets National And International Perspectives
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138541825
Pages: 464 Pages, 3 Tables, Black And White; 5 Halftones, Black And White; 5 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 7/31/2023
Category: Health & Personal Development