The Governance of Female Drug Users: Women's Experiences of Drug Policy - Rilegato

Du Rose, Natasha

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1847426727 ISBN 13: 9781847426727

Casa editrice: Policy Pr, 2015

Riassunto

This book is the first to examine how female drug users’ identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. Drawing from in-depth accounts from forty-one drug-using women, it offers an empirical analysis of the subjectivities current drug policies ascribe to women users and how these prolong—rather than end—their problematic drug use while reinforcing their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, The Governance of Female Drug Users calls for the reformulation of drug policies based on gender equity and social justice.

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Recensione:

"A welcome addition to feminist scholarship. Natasha Du Rose vividly demonstrates how women s identities and experiences are shaped by punitive and contradictory drug policies." --Susan Boyd, University of Victoria, Canada

Beautifully written, innovative, readable and well-researched, Natasha Du Rose's book is a sophisticated contribution to the very little knowledge there is about female drug users. --Pat Carlen, Honorary Professor of Criminology, Leicester University

"A must read for anyone wanting to understand the various ways in which discourses of women s drug us shape drug policies in the UK, USA and Canada and women s sense of selves as drug users." --Jo Phoenix, Leicester University

L'autore:

Natasha Du Rose is a lecturer in criminology and sociology at the University of Roehampton, UK.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Policy Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847426727
• ISBN 13: 9781847426727
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 350