Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America

Garriott, William

ISBN 10: 0814732402 / ISBN 13: 9780814732403

Verlag: NYU Press, 2011

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9780814732403_new

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In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, "the most dangerous drug in America." As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the people at its source-those known or suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify meth offenders in their communities.
Policing Methamphetamine shows what happens in everyday life-and to everyday life-when methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern. Drawing on interviews with users, police officers, judges, and parents and friends of addicts in one West Virginia town, William Garriott finds that this overriding effort to confront the problem changed the character of the community as well as the role of law in creating and maintaining social order. Ultimately, this work addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Will Garriott is Associate Professor in the Law, Politics, and Society Program at Drake University. He is author or editor of numerous works, including Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America (NYU Press, 2011); Addiction Trajectories (Duke University Press, 2013); and The Anthropology of Police (Routledge, 2018).

William Garriott is an anthropologist who is Associate Professor in the Law, Politics, and Society program at Drake University. He is the author of Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America (NYU Press 2011). He currently serves as coeditor of the book series, Police/Worlds: Studies in Security, Crime, and Governance with Cornell University Press.

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Titel: Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in ...
Verlag: NYU Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New