Policing Methamphetamine Narcopolitics in Rural America

Name: Policing Methamphetamine Narcopolitics in Rural America
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ISBN: 9780814732403

ISBN-10: 0814732402

ISBN-13: 9780814732403

Edition: 2011

Authors: William Garriott

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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 sourcethose 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 Methamphetamineshows what happens in everyday lifeand to everyday lifewhen methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern.…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 3/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 201
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Julie Adkins is adjunct lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.Laurie Occhipinti is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Earth Sciences at Clarion University.Tara Hefferan is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



"The Most Dangerous Drug in America"



"It Could Be Here...It Could Be My Neighbor"



"You Can Always Tell Who's Using Meth"



"The People You'd Never Suspect"



"Against the Peace and Dignity of the State"



"What Do You Do with Them?"


Epilogue: "A Lot Happens in a Little Town"


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author