The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures

Stallwitz, Anke

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“…Corresponding to the above cited studies, British research findings also provide evidence of illegal drug use extending to non-metropolitan and even extremely remote areas, such as the Scottish highlands and islands (Dean 1990(Dean , 1995(Dean , 2001Gardner and Peck 1996;Stallwitz 2012;Stallwitz and Shewan 2004). Hay and Gannon found not only illicit drug use, but acquisitive crime to be significantly more prevalent in rural Norfolk, East England, than presumed before (2006).…”

Section: Location-specific Drugs Research Empirical Evidence Of Ruralmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…Consequently, this industrial outpost of international significance contributes an urban feature to the mainly rural-appearing island group. Concerning illegal drug use, the time of construction is associated with the beginnings of the island heroin scene (Stallwitz 2007(Stallwitz , 2012Stallwitz and Shewan 2004). …”

Section: Rurality Of Scotlandmentioning

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“…Dealing as an apparently widespread form of acquisitive crime on the Shetland Islands seems to constitute an example here (also see ISD Scotland 2007 15 ). Since absolute and expressive figures are impracticable to obtain though, solely an approximation on grounds of the existing statistical (ISD Scotland) and qualitative evidence (Stallwitz 2012;Stallwitz 2007;Stallwitz & Shewan 2004) is possible.…”

Section: Conclusion: Community-mindedness In Rural Communities Drugmentioning

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“…Additionally, empirical evidence portraying subcultural developments at certain locations, under certain circumstances and at certain points in time are of invaluable significance (e.g. Grund 1993, Curtis 2003, Spunt 2003, Kemmesies 2004, Lalander 2004, Stallwitz 2012. In combination theory and empirical evidence can be employed to identify the current state of an illegal drug subculture, compare it in its hitherto course with other drug scenes to prognosticate its probable future developments and design location-specific efficient interventions.…”

Section: Conclusion: Community-mindedness In Rural Communities Drugmentioning

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“…With respect to its social dimensions and circumstances, the drug related norms, values, and behaviors of the surrounding wider culture and immediate subculture have repeatedly been identified to be of great relevance in explaining the occurrence and extent of specific drug using patterns (Grund 1993;Harding and Zinberg 1977;Lalander 2003;Lempens, van de Mheet and Barendregt 2003;Stallwitz, 2012;McCurdy, Williams, Kilonzo, Rossi, and Leshabari 2005;Zinberg 1984). Concerning the geographical conditions within which the wider culture and various subcultures are embedded, both urban and rural areas must to be taken into account (cf.…”

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Community-Mindedness: Protection against Crime in the Context of Illicit Drug Cultures?

Stallwitz¹

2014

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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The heroin scene on the Shetland Islands (GB) has been investigated with the objective to obtain an encompassing and profound insight into the relationship of location-and timespecific factors impacting on the nature and characteristics of illicit drug use and its surrounding social structures. Twenty-four local heroin users with differing using styles have been interviewed in-depth. According to the Shetland heroin users, the island heroin scene had existed for approximately two decades since the late 1970s in a socially integrated and unobtrusive way. As a result of a combination of diverse micro-and macro-social influences, the subculture began to change its character significantly around the turn of the millennium: Numbers of users as well as destructive and addicted patterns of use "exploded", criminal tendencies started to become apparent, and the scene became increasingly noticeable to the general public. Interview analysis revealed a close relationship between the subculture's prevailing value system at a certain point in time, especially the strength of communitymindedness (communal spirit comprising both social care and social control), and the respective degree of subcultural crime and deprivation. The capacities of communitymindedness to prevent harm at both the subcultural and the community levels are examined, and conditions that either further or hinder the communal spirit are illuminated. The utility and applicability of the concept of community-mindedness with respect to research, policy, and practice is demonstrated.

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Section: Location-specific Drugs Research Empirical Evidence Of Ruralmentioning

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Section: Rurality Of Scotlandmentioning

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Section: Conclusion: Community-mindedness In Rural Communities Drugmentioning

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Section: Conclusion: Community-mindedness In Rural Communities Drugmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Community-Mindedness: Protection against Crime in the Context of Illicit Drug Cultures?

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2014

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Love & hate in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver: features of an unusual drug scene

Stallwitz

2021

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Purpose According to conventional research and political conceptions, illicit drug scenes are often characterised by cultures of crime, violence and deceit and customarily met by repressive law enforcement. However, a growing body of research demonstrates the very diverse nature of drug subcultures. This paper aims to explore this diversity and thereby investigates the psychosocial and socio-spatial features people selling and/or using drugs in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver (DTES) attribute to the local drug scene. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 23 persons with drug selling and/or using experiences in the DTES. Interviews were analysed and interpreted according to grounded theory. Findings Participants represent the social fabric of the DTES drug scene as comprising complexly interwoven facets and structures including frequent, brutal violence on the one hand and sincere, heart-rending compassion, care and even love on the other. Originality/value Police and social and health services can cooperate constructively with the overriding aim of individual and social harm reduction. Thereby, the existing social network and prosocial orientations of a drug scene can be used in effective approaches such as participatory policy strategies and peer-driven interventions.

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Charting the place of islands in criminology: On isolation, integration and insularity

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2020

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In this article, we seek to chart the place of islands in criminology with respect to both their place- and space-based attributes. We explore the possibilities of island criminology through the case of Pitcairn Island, which in 2004 formed the backdrop for a series of sensational sexual assault trials. The trials thrust the Island, its people, history and customs into the international spotlight, acting as a counter-narrative to the popular mythology of islands as idyllic paradises. This case study provides us with an opportunity to re-examine how fundamental concepts for understanding crime and regulation, such as social integration, community and belonging, and exclusion are practised in the often closed and bounded networks of island ecologies.

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The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures

Cited by 3 publications

References 105 publications

Community-Mindedness: Protection against Crime in the Context of Illicit Drug Cultures?

Community-Mindedness: Protection against Crime in the Context of Illicit Drug Cultures?

Love & hate in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver: features of an unusual drug scene

Charting the place of islands in criminology: On isolation, integration and insularity

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