TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Drug sales, gender, and risk: notions of risk from the perspective of gang-involved young adults JO - Substance use and misuse A1 - Moloney, Molly A1 - Hunt, Geoffrey A1 - Joe-Laidler, Karen SP - 721 EP - 732 VL - 50 IS - 6 N2 - We examine gender and meanings of risk in interviews (2007-2010) with gang-involved young men and women (n = 253) engaged in illicit drug sales in San Francisco, California. The in-depth interviews from this NIDA-funded study were coded using the software NVivo to identify patterns and themes. We examine their interpretations of the risks of drug-selling and their narratives about gender differences in these risks. We find distinct discourses regarding the role of femininities and masculinities and male and female bodies in shaping risk as well as the nexus between gender, family, and risk for female drug sellers.

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LA - en SN - 1082-6084 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.978642 ID - ref1 ER -