Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality

Based on extensive interviews with drug traffickers, users, and law enforcement Explores the middle class drug market in Recife, Brazil Examines market characteristics, consumption patterns, and policing strategies that contribute to violence Challenges the class-blind systemic violence thesis that currently dominates analyses of drug violence

Autorentext
Jean Daudelin is Associate Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada.
José Luiz Ratton is Professor and Director of the Crime, Violence and Public Safety Lab, at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in Recife, Brazil.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Drug Markets and Violence in Recife, Brazil.- 2. Islands of Peace: Middle-Class Drug Markets.- 3. Crack: Micromechanics of a Dysfunctional Illegal Market.- 4. Inequality and Deterrence in Recife: The Rise and Fall of the "Pact for Life".- 5. Conclusion.