Bacon, M. (2013) The informal regulation of an illegal trade: the hidden politics of drugs detective work. Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa, 1/2013. 61 - 80 . ISSN 1973-3194
Abstract
Despite the apparent failure of policy initiatives and policing interventions to adequately regulate the illegal drug trade, remarkably few social scientists have endeavoured to examine the drug control activities of the police. Scholars have, in particular, neglected to study the specialist detective units mandated to police drug markets by detecting, investigating and ultimately prosecuting drug dealers. Drawing on the findings of a novel ethnographic study, this article explores the dynamic interaction between the formal and informal aspects of police organisations and offers an insight into the world of police detectives and the policing of drugs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Società Editrice il Mulino . This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2014 11:50 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2015 01:50 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3240/73067 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Società Editrice il Mulino |
Identification Number: | 10.3240/73067 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77856 |