Violence, psychological stress and educational performance during the “war on drugs” in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102387
Abstract: We provide evidence that violence in Mexico related to the "war on drugs" from 2006-2011 had a significant negative impact on educational performance that is primarily attributable to acute psychological stress among students in the… read more here.
Keywords: educational performance; violence; war drugs; psychological stress ... See more keywords
Contesting the ‘War on Drugs’ in the Andes: US–Bolivian Relations of Power and Control (1989–93)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x19000324
Abstract: Abstract The implementation of President George H. W. Bush's 1989 Andean Initiative brought to the fore competing US and Bolivian agendas. While US embassy officials sought to exert control in pursuit of militarised policies, the… read more here.
Keywords: war drugs; war; control; contesting war ... See more keywords
Ambiguous fear in the war on drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022463420000211
Abstract: This article explores the social and moral implications of Duterte's war on drugs in a poor, urban neighbourhood in Manila, the Philippines. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, surveys, and human rights interventions, the article sheds… read more here.
Keywords: war drugs; war; ambiguous fear; drug war ... See more keywords
Militarization and privatization of security: From the War on Drugs to the fight against organized crime in Latin America
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DOI: 10.1017/s1816383123000097
Abstract: Abstract Fifty-two years ago, in 1971, President Nixon declared the “War on Drugs”, identifying drug abuse as a public enemy in the United States. Since then, US drug policy has been militarized and, more recently,… read more here.
Keywords: organized crime; war; war drugs; latin america ... See more keywords
The diary of an undercover agent in Mexico’s war on drugs
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2017.1380140
Abstract: R. Gerald Hughes is Reader in Military History and Director of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies at Aberystwyth University. Hughes is the reviews editor of *Intelligence & National Security*, the world’s leading… read more here.
Keywords: war drugs; war; undercover agent; agent mexico ... See more keywords
New York’s War on Drugs and the Impact on Female Incarceration Rates
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DOI: 10.1177/1557085120951846
Abstract: Prior literature suggests that drug legislation in the late 1970s and 1980s caused the rapid increase in the female incarceration rate. Empirical investigations focused on the female incarceration rate specifically may provide important information to… read more here.
Keywords: female incarceration; new york; incarceration; war drugs ... See more keywords
Speaking through Silence: Racial Discourse and Identity Construction in Mass-mediated Debates on the “War on Drugs”
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DOI: 10.1177/2329496516663223
Abstract: As a set of criminal justice policies and practices, the “war on drugs” is a contested social issue linked to specific racial meanings and structures and political logics. As the legitimacy and value of the… read more here.
Keywords: racial discourse; war drugs; mass; identity construction ... See more keywords