Criminalization process and female participation in drug trafficking

Authors

  • Jamile dos S. Carvalho Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2019.159746

Keywords:

Social trajectory, Gender, Race, Illegalisms, Poverty

Abstract

This article seeks to present the conflicts placed in the academic field about the association of women in the ilegal and deviant actities in diferent historical moments and present the life trajectories of young women arrested for drug trafficking and who are in prison situation in the Conjunto Penal Feminino de Salvador, Bahia. For this study, information about their socio-demographic profile, criminalization trajectory and prison situation was collected to understand their life stories until their arrival in prison. Of their narratives emerge strategies of survival in trafficking, as well as reflections on how this commerce activity uses its bodies less targetes by security institutions to give more fluidity to the ilegal Market.

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Author Biography

  • Jamile dos S. Carvalho, Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Socióloga e doutoranda em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Published

2019-06-30

Issue

Section

Dossiê: "Gênero em perspectiva interseccional"

How to Cite

Carvalho, J. dos S. (2019). Criminalization process and female participation in drug trafficking. Plural, 26(1), 103-132. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2019.159746