281 FIFTEEN the criminalisation of intoxication1 Fiona Measham and Karenza Moore there should be safe and enjoyable drinking for the majority, but zero tolerance of the anti-social minority. (Blair, 2004) introduction At the heart of British drug policy lies a prohibitionist stance that prioritises the relationship between drugs and crime, resulting in both increased medicalisation based on outdated notions of addiction and compulsion, and increased criminalisation dominated by ‘war on drugs’ and ‘law and order’ discourses. Medicalisation through the
Sébastien Tutenges (2024) Intoxication: An Ethnography of Effervescent Revelry Rutgers University Press 168pp Paperback: ISBN 978-1-978-83120-9, £26.99 Sébastien Tutenges’ groundbreaking work, Intoxication: An Ethnography of Effervescent Revelry , unfolds as a meticulous exploration into the world of collective effervescence, taking the reader on a journey through the nuanced landscape of young people’s pursuit of intoxicating experiences. Published by Rutgers University Press in 2023 and spanning 168 pages, the monograph is a significant
causal link suggests less blame. In order to consider these issues, the chapter will consider four scenarios in turn, each of which exemplify different points on the continuum: joining criminal or paramilitary organisations; becoming associated with the drug trade; offending to feed an existing drug habit; and offending after becoming voluntarily intoxicated. There are commonalities but it is equally apparent that significant differences exist. Blame helps link these scenarios but equally it helps to expose the distinctions. Blame, gang membership and
representations and government policy documents. This features a prioritisation on expressing the life experiences of participants involved in the night-time economy by featuring examples of young people drinking. The chapter builds upon the reframing of the term ‘binge’, by reflecting this as a problematic term as outlined by the definitions associated with the practice. It also reflects on the argument that ‘empirical research suggests that young people intentionally manage their levels of desired and actual intoxication by using strategies that incorporate aspects of
65 FOUR Alcohol, young women’s culture and gender hierarchies Alison Mackiewicz Introduction The aim of this chapter is to draw attention to the ways in which social factors influence how young women’s alcohol issues in the United Kingdom (UK) are understood. Exploring current debates around neoliberalism, post-feminism and consumerism, together with my research on young women’s articulations of femininity within the UK’s culture of intoxication (Mackiewicz, 2012), I argue that femininity constitutes a hybrid of complex and contradictory discourses
‘ethics of fun’ (Gronow, 1997, p 23); enactment of which creates and exposes a gender distinction between social competitors within the field. For young adults in contemporary British society, participation in the new consumerist culture of intoxication is based on access, choice and opportunity: the very principles of neoliberalism. Within this study, we identify young adults as the main carriers of Bourdieu’s (1984, pp 365-372) hedonistic ethos of consumption belonging to the night-time economy (Hollands, 1995), but at the same time observe young people
Law enforcement misconduct and crime includes a wide range of behaviours committed by sworn law enforcement officers who are given the general powers of arrest at the time these offenses are committed. Anecdotes, journalistic accounts, government-sponsored commissions and scholarship demonstrate that police officers commit various forms of misconduct and crime including murder, assault, larceny/theft, drug trafficking, predatory sex offenses and driving whilst intoxicated. Other forms of law enforcement misconduct more specifically involve corruption, whereby
are usually thought of by Euro-Western people as decorative (even when script is used) and a matter of individual choice. They are also something that can be commissioned and created on a whim, even (if the tattoo artist is unscrupulous) when the recipient is intoxicated. By contrast, for some Indigenous peoples such as Māori, tattoos are functional, offering specific links to culture, community and ancestors, providing information about the wearer to others and having a strong spiritual dimension, among other things (Pawlik, 2011: 5). This suggests that
failed, as the following colourful description cited by Winskill (1891, p 89) implies: Inviting him in, Mr Livesey inquired how he was getting on in his temperance work? ‘Bad enough’ replied King. ‘My people are getting drunk on beer. Thou knows, Joseph, as well as I do, that Preston folk do not get drunk on spirits, and I tell thee that we shall do no good until we get our members to do without beer and all other intoxicating drink.’ The teetotal temperance movement not only affected the extent of abstinence involved for members, but also gave rise to the
, intoxication does not completely excuse aggressive or violent behaviour, however, it encourages deficits in empathy and therefore increases the likelihood of domestic violence. Interestingly, it is also well established that intoxication in the victim is often viewed as an excuse for the perpetrator’s behaviour ( Dent and Arias, 1990 ), thus demonstrating that mutual alcohol use in relationships can sometimes be unhealthy. A number of reviews have argued that alcohol interventions are crucial in reducing intoxication and aggressive behaviour, not just within the
