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This book examines the forces that shape psychoactive drug use. The approach, informed by poststructuralist semiotics, culture, phenomenology and contemporary theories of affect, illuminates the connections between drugs, bodies, space, economy and crime.
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John Fitzgerald is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has PhDs in both Neuroscience and English and has had leadership positions as both an academic and in executive roles in government. His published work spans criminology, sociology, philosophy, medicine, public policy and public health.
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Book Title: Framing Drug Use
Book Subtitle: Bodies, Space, Economy and Crime
Authors: John L. Fitzgerald
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137482242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48223-5Published: 26 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48224-2Published: 29 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 289
Topics: Sociology, general, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Crime and Society, Medical Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Theory