Title Dealing : women in the drug economy / Barbara Denton

Published Sydney : UNSW Press, 2001

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	362.29082 Den/Dwi		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	362.29082 Den/Dwi		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	362.29082 Den/Dwi		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 214 pages ; 24 cm regular print Contents 1. Down Among the Women: Drug Research, Prejudice and Field Work -- 2. Learning the Trade -- 3. Drug Traders -- 4. Workers and Customers -- 5. Women on the Hustle -- 6. Prison: Business (Nearly) as Usual -- 7. Victim or Agent? Summary "Dealing: Women in The Drug Economy focuses on 16 women in inner suburban Melbourne. Denton traces their lives as they leave prison, rejoin the drug economy, and sometimes return to jail. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, this is a detailed examination of why women enter the drug business, how they run their operations and how they manage relations with customers, employees and the criminal justice system."--BOOK JACKET Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-208) and index Subject Drug abuse and crime -- Australia. Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- Australia. Drug dealers -- Australia. Women drug dealers -- Australia. Women prisoners -- Australia -- Victoria. Drug traffic -- Australia. Women -- Drug use -- Australia. Women -- Drug use. Drug and Narcotic Control. Crime. Drug Users. Prisoners. Street Drugs -- supply & distribution. Women. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 LC no. 2001347336 ISBN 0868406279

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