Policing Methamphetamine
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 it...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York University Press
2024
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | ONIX_20240403_9780814733004_141 |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1869523198274437120 |
|---|---|
| author | Garriott, William |
| author_browse | Garriott, William |
| author_facet | Garriott, William |
| author_sort | Garriott, William |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | 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. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-136062 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | New York University Press |
| publisherStr | New York University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1360622025-07-18T09:46:43Z Policing Methamphetamine Garriott, William Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology 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. 2024-04-04T04:01:52Z 2024-04-04T04:01:52Z 2024-04-03T10:11:25Z 2011 book ONIX_20240403_9780814733004_141 OCN: 756653058 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89423 9780814733004 9780814732397 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/136062 eng open access image/jpeg image/png image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89423/1/9780814733004_WEB.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89423/8/9780814733004_EPUB.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89423/1/9780814733004_WEB.pdf New York University Press NYU Press 10.18574/nyu/9780814733004.001.0001 10.18574/nyu/9780814733004.001.0001 13ae9bf8-b4bf-47bb-be6d-71e5675ace48 9780814733004 9780814732397 NYU Press New York open access |
| spellingShingle | Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology Garriott, William Policing Methamphetamine |
| title | Policing Methamphetamine |
| title_full | Policing Methamphetamine |
| title_fullStr | Policing Methamphetamine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policing Methamphetamine |
| title_short | Policing Methamphetamine |
| title_sort | policing methamphetamine |
| topic | Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology |
| topic_facet | Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology |
| url | ONIX_20240403_9780814733004_141 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT garriottwilliam policingmethamphetamine |