Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: An ethnographic case study

Fitzgerald, John

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.10.002

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“…Case study research has shown that drug dealers may be victims of violence at the hands of law enforcement agents either during an arrest or during their daily interactions with them (Werb et al, 2008). Competitors (Reuter & Kleinman, 1986;Reuter & Haaga, 1989;Skolnick et al, 1990) and customers (May & Hough, 2004;Fitzgerald, 2009;Fairlie, 2014;Topalli et al, 2015) may also employ violence or threats to steal money and drugs from dealers.…”

Section: The Risks Of Dealing Drugsmentioning

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Going international? Risk taking by cryptomarket drug vendors

Décary‐Hétu

Paquet-Clouston

Aldridge

2016

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Section: The Risks Of Dealing Drugsmentioning

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Going international? Risk taking by cryptomarket drug vendors

Décary‐Hétu

Paquet-Clouston

Aldridge

2016

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…Therefore, the educational setting may pose a risk for drug socialization as Traveller youth engage within youth subcultures, which may present with a context for drug use. Fitzgerald (2009) in his qualitative work on drug dealing with the localized risk environment observed that drug dealing and drug use can be a central feature in the development of local economies and normative group settings, with a subsequent merging of roles between drug users and dealers. In this way, drug dealing contributes to the accumulation of social capital as resources, roles, and networks within social connectivity (see the concept of mutual extraction pertaining to Russian drug hustling in Pilkington and Sharifullina [2009]).…”

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The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Hout

2010

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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The Irish Traveller community experiences severe marginalization, poverty, discrimination, and compromised health. Research indicates a distinct lack of structural understanding of Traveller negotiation of conflict within dominant sedentarist societal norms and values. Gender-based focus groups (n = 12) of Travellers (n = 57) were conducted as part of a large scale regional needs analysis for Travellers and substance use in Ireland and analyzed thematically using the social capital framework in terms of Traveller experiences within settled communities, exposure to drugs, and drug using contexts. Discriminatory experiences, low levels of institutional trust, and an influx of drug activity in Traveller communities are contributing to the neutralization of drug taking risk and the development of normative and reciprocal relationships in drug activities. A holistic, inter-governmental approach is needed to address social exclusion factors by reducing marginalization, preserving the Traveller ethnic identity, minimizing racist and discriminatory instances, understanding the Traveller risk environment, and fostering inclusive relationships with settled communities.

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“…Importantly, drugs can be sold and obtained in a fairly straightforward fashion. It is a place for business relations, friendships, and belonging, making the process of initiation and remaining in a drug scene about more than marginalization and drug abuse (Fitzgerald, 2009;Foster & Spencer, 2013).…”

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Group solidarity in a hostile milieu: Immigrant experiences in a street-based drug scene

Sandøy¹

2014

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Based Drug SceneAims: Street-based drug scenes are typically portrayed as lacking in solidarity. Studies frequently cast camaraderie as solely instrumental, highly conditional, and temporary. The aim of this paper is to explore social dynamics and group solidarity in a seemingly hostile drug scene, and demonstrate the importance of this milieu for a group of immigrant men.Methods: Data was drawn from ethnographic fieldwork in the street-based drug scene in the downtown parts of Oslo, Norway. The fieldwork included participant observation, informal conversations, and 17 interviews with street-based drug users.Findings: Drug transactions, viewed as interaction rituals, may help create group solidarity among the members of the scene. Group solidarity is displayed in social bonds that drew former members back to the scene and in the inclusion of isolated, immigrant men. Conclusions:The street-based drug scene in Oslo, with its repeated interaction rituals and bonds of group membership, provides a community for people who experience low degrees of solidarity elsewhere, as demonstrated in the case of immigrants. This paper encourages a continued and improved emphasis on contexts for drug use as socially enabling environments.

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Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: An ethnographic case study

Cited by 39 publications

References 31 publications

Going international? Risk taking by cryptomarket drug vendors

Going international? Risk taking by cryptomarket drug vendors

The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Group solidarity in a hostile milieu: Immigrant experiences in a street-based drug scene

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