Dealing with fatherhood: paternal identities among men in the illegal drug economy

This study investigates paternal identities among men who are involved in the illegal drug economy in Norway. Using data from life-history interviews, we identified two paternal identities relating to the role fatherhood played in their lives and crimes: struggling fathers and absent fathers. Our an...

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VerfasserInnen: Grundetjern, Heidi (VerfasserIn) ; Copes, Heith 1970- (VerfasserIn) ; Sandberg, Sveinung 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: European journal of criminology
Jahr: 2021, Band: 18, Heft: 5, Seiten: 643-659
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigates paternal identities among men who are involved in the illegal drug economy in Norway. Using data from life-history interviews, we identified two paternal identities relating to the role fatherhood played in their lives and crimes: struggling fathers and absent fathers. Our analysis demonstrates the structural constraints of fatherhood for crime-involved men, which is rooted in their class positions and enhanced by being situated in hyper-masculine drug markets with little access to hegemonic masculinity. Our study offers a contribution to scholarship on marginalized fatherhood, and highlights the import of paternal identities for understanding the relationship between fatherhood and cr
ISSN:1741-2609
DOI:10.1177/1477370819874429