Women in the Street‐level Drug Economy
Continuity or Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Maher (0000-0001-6020-6519, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author), Kathleen Daly (0000-0002-0530-0753, Griffith University) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 465-492 |
| Publication date | 1996-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1996.tb01216.x |
| OpenAlex | W2044010051 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 76 |
| References cited | 33 |
Images of women in the contemporary drug economy are highly mixed. Most scholars emphasize change in women's roles, some emphasize continuity, and others suggest that both change and continuity are evident. At issue is whether an increased share of women were involved in selling and higher‐level distribution roles in the crack cocaine markets of the late 1980s and early 1990s, compared to the heroin markets of the 1960s and 1970s. We present the results of an ethnographic study of women drug users conducted during 1989–92 in a New York City neighborhood. Contrary to those who suggest that crack cocaine markets have provided “new opportunities” for women, we find that such opportunities were realized by men. At the same time, the conditions of street‐level sex work, which has traditionally provided women drug users with a relatively stable source of income, have deteriorated
Crack cocaine · Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Drug · Economics · Ethnography · Heroin · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Psychiatry · Sex work · Sociology · Work (physics · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 76 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,62 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 76 |