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Dimensions of women’s power in the illicit drug economy

University of Delaware, USA

The purpose of this article is to elaborate on the gendered social and economic organization of the illicit drug world by articulating several dimensions of women’s power. The main thesis is that women are not only powerful actors in the drug world, but that their work is central to the drug economy. Four core activities (e.g. providing housing and sustenance needs, purchasing drugs, subsidizing male dependency and participating in drug sales) that women routinely perform are both fundamental to drug world organization and earn them important forms of capital that may facilitate future, conventional pursuits. Pursuing this objective may improve our knowledge about the relationship between illegal market organization, gender, power and capital. It may also assist crime control and social welfare policies.

Key Words: capital • drugs • gender • power • theory

Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 9, No. 4, 371-400 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1362480605057725


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