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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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European journal of criminology
Año: 2021, Volumen: 18, Número: 5, Páginas: 643-659 |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2609 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1477370819874429 |
