Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets: Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Standard
Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets : Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards. / Martin, James; Munksgaard, Rasmus; Coomber, Ross; Demant, Jakob; Barratt, Monica J.
I: British Journal of Criminology, Bind 60, Nr. 3, 04.04.2020, s. 559-578.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets
T2 - Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards
AU - Martin, James
AU - Munksgaard, Rasmus
AU - Coomber, Ross
AU - Demant, Jakob
AU - Barratt, Monica J.
PY - 2020/4/4
Y1 - 2020/4/4
N2 - 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 drugs, with only one previous study involving interviews with this novel group. Based on 13 interviews with this hard to reach population, and data analysis critically framed from perspectives of economic calculation, the seductions of crime, and drift and techniques of neutralization, we examine the differentiated motivations for cryptomarket selling. Throughout the interviews, we observe an appreciation for the gentrified norms of cryptomarkets and conclude that cryptomarket sellers are motivated by concerns of risks and material rewards, as well as non-material attractions in a variety of ways that both correspond with, and differ from, existing theories of drug selling.
AB - 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 drugs, with only one previous study involving interviews with this novel group. Based on 13 interviews with this hard to reach population, and data analysis critically framed from perspectives of economic calculation, the seductions of crime, and drift and techniques of neutralization, we examine the differentiated motivations for cryptomarket selling. Throughout the interviews, we observe an appreciation for the gentrified norms of cryptomarkets and conclude that cryptomarket sellers are motivated by concerns of risks and material rewards, as well as non-material attractions in a variety of ways that both correspond with, and differ from, existing theories of drug selling.
KW - cryptomarkets
KW - drift
KW - drug dealing
KW - seductions of crime
KW - techniques of neutralization
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azz075
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azz075
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85081609442
VL - 60
SP - 559
EP - 578
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
SN - 0007-0955
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 255107067