Drug Mules

Women in the International Cocaine Trade
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-44469-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2679 g

Reihe: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security

Winner of the British Society of Criminology Book Prize, 2015

Fleetwood explores how women become involved in trafficking, focusing on the lived experiences of women as drug mules. Offering theoretical insights from gender theory and transnational criminology, Fleetwood argues that women's participation in the drugs trade cannot be adequately understood through the lenses of either victimization or agency.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fleetwood, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Cartels and Cocaine Queens 2. Imagining Drug Trafficking: Mafias, Markets, Mules 3. What do Women Talk About When They Talk About Trafficking? 4. Who are the 'Traffickers'? 5. For Money and Love: Women's Narratives About Becoming Mules 6. Beginning Mule-work 7. Mule-work and Gender 8. Backing Out 9. Conclusion: Women's Offending in Global Context

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Fleetwood is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK where she teaches on gender and crime. She is also part of the Gender and Justice Research Network at the University of Leicester and is a member of the Nordic narrative network.