How the neoliberal drive toward “happiness” paves the way for “virtuous" drug use
As argued in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update
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Virtuous drug use in the neoliberal age
Journal: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
Keywords: drug use, drug, policy
First author: Caroline Chatwin (School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich) [+1 other author]
In this paper, the authors argue that the pursuit of “happiness” encouraged in neoliberal society allows for a specific type of drug use, so long as that use can be said to enhance the user’s pursuit of self-improvement, productivity, and other neoliberal goals, and without suffering too much harm as a result. Additionally, only a certain kind of person will be allowed to claim that their drug use is “virtuous.” They write: “‘Virtuous’ drugtakers must, by definition, be healthy, productive, successful members of society who can afford to access luxury settings for drug use.” This means that those whose drug use is currently stigmatized will continue to be stigmatized. “Neglected, poverty-stricken, marginalized, and subordinated social groups will not be afforded the possibility that their drug-taking might, for example, be a legitimate response to ongoing trauma, discrimination, and vulnerability.”
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The research listings for today's research are sorted by two broad categories: crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage. Research that doesn’t get sorted into those categories follows under “Unsorted Research.”
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Research by type of crime
Violence
None found today.
Property
None found today.
Drugs
Exploring User Experiences with Amanita muscaria : A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Online Forum Discussions
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Jadyn Hartwig (Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire) [+5 other authors]
Intersecting Risk: Heat and Substance Use in Rural Communities
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Devon Noonan (School of Nursing, Duke University) [+8 other authors]
Virtuous drug use in the neoliberal age
Journal: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
Keywords: drug use, drug, policy
First author: Caroline Chatwin (School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich) [+1 other author]
White Collar
None found today.
Organized
None found today.
Technology Facilitated
None found today.
Research by criminal justice/legal system stage
Offending
None found today.
Victimization
From Phnom Penh to Dakar to Bangui
Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
Keywords: victim, court, prosecution, jurisdiction, criminal justice, law
First author: Olivier Beauvallet (International Judge, Appeals Chamber and Vice-President of the Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic , Bangui, Central African Republic) [+1 other author]
Policing
Mapping the theoretical pathways from police contact to criminal behavior: a scoping review
Journal: Psychology, Crime & Law
Keywords: police, law
First author: Amina op de Weegh (Utrecht University) [+3 other authors]
Courts
From Phnom Penh to Dakar to Bangui
Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
Keywords: victim, court, prosecution, jurisdiction, criminal justice, law
First author: Olivier Beauvallet (International Judge, Appeals Chamber and Vice-President of the Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic , Bangui, Central African Republic) [+1 other author]
Sentencing terrorist leaders and their followers: evidence from Islamic State defendants in U.S. Federal courts, 2014–2024
Journal: Global Crime
Keywords: court, sentencing
First author: Callie Vitro (University of Nebraska) [+3 other authors]
Corrections
‘Exceptional’ Open Prisons Under Pressure: Austerity, Instability and Distrust
Journal: The British Journal of Criminology
Keywords: prison
First author: Pernille Søderholm Nyvoll (Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo , 0130 Oslo ,)
Public Policy
The Extent and Sources of Support for Mitigating Collateral Consequences: A Comparison of Criminal Justice Majors and Non-Majors
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Keywords: criminal justice
First author: Sunmin Hong [+2 other authors]
From Phnom Penh to Dakar to Bangui
Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
Keywords: victim, court, prosecution, jurisdiction, criminal justice, law
First author: Olivier Beauvallet (International Judge, Appeals Chamber and Vice-President of the Special Criminal Court of the Central African Republic , Bangui, Central African Republic) [+1 other author]
Mapping the theoretical pathways from police contact to criminal behavior: a scoping review
Journal: Psychology, Crime & Law
Keywords: police, law
First author: Amina op de Weegh (Utrecht University) [+3 other authors]
Virtuous drug use in the neoliberal age
Journal: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
Keywords: drug use, drug, policy
First author: Caroline Chatwin (School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich) [+1 other author]
Unsorted Research
All of today's research was sorted into the above categories.
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