Cryptomarkets, anonymous online markets where illicit drugs are exchanged, have operated
since 2011, yet there is a dearth of knowledge on why people use these platforms to sell …

Background Users of darknet markets refer to product quality as one of the motivations for
buying drugs there, and vendors present quality as a selling point. However, what users …

This paper reports findings from six years of ethnographic and qualitative research on
cannabis markets. Data include interviews with 60 cannabis dealers and 60 customers. The …

Background The pricing of illicit drugs is typically approached within the risks and prices
framework. Recent sociological and economic studies of prices in online drug markets have …

Background Popular perception of people who sell drugs is negative, with drug selling
framed as predatory and morally reprehensible. In contrast, people who use drugs (PWUD) …

Early studies of female drug dealers suggest that women are marginalized, passive victims.
In contrast, more recent studies describe women as skilful and competent dealers. In a …

The work of Bourdieu has increasingly gained interest in criminology. His theoretical
framework is rich and arguably the most sophisticated approach to social inequality and …

Despite growing numbers of drug users in prisons all over the western world, drug exchange
behind bars has received little scholarly attention. The few studies that exist describe the …

Research consistently shows a strong correlation between heroin/crack cocaine use,
acquisitive crime and income generation, through activities such as sex work and theft. Less …

Background Illicit drug markets are a key component of the risk environment surrounding
injection drug use. However, relatively few studies have explored how injection drug …