Queenpins: an exploratory study of female participation in high-level drug distribution networks
Gillespie, Lauren and Jones, Sarah and Kelly, Craig and Lynes, Adam (2024) Queenpins: an exploratory study of female participation in high-level drug distribution networks. Trends in Organized Crime. ISSN 1084-4791
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Abstract
Despite increasing recognition within mainstream media, criminology is yet to offer a substantive analysis of female participation within the upper echelons of organised crime. As such, this exploratory paper aims to offer an insight into the key themes identifiable within the context of high level, female, drug suppliers. Identifying thirty-six case studies, this exploratory paper combines descriptive statistics and a Fisher’s Exact test with Cramer’s V to demonstrate the prevalence and overall trends. Overall, the study demonstrated that women, dubbed Queenpins, are most likely to participate at high levels within Latin American cartels and the Camorra. Unlike their counterparts operating within the lower rungs of drug markets, these women are able to invert the highly patriarchal narco cultures they exist within. They operated in a narco-feminist role that supported the men in their lives and offered a route to resist their machismo-oriented habitus.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-024-09546-0 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Queenpins, Organised crime, Narco-feminism, Illicit markets, Feminisation | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific) CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-03 - social policy |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Adam Lynes | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2024 15:12 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2024 15:12 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15748 |
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