Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as   promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into   addiction. These depictions typify the "pathology and powerlessness"   narrative that has historically characterized popular and academic   conversations about female substance abusers. Neither Villain Nor Victim   attempts to correct these polarizing perspectives by presenting a critical   feminist analysis of the drug world. By shifting the discussion to one   centered on women's agency and empowerment, this book reveals the complex   experiences and social relationships of women addicts.    Essays explore a range of topics, including the many ways that women   negotiate the illicit drug world, how former drug addicts manage the more   intimate aspects of their lives as they try to achieve abstinence, how   women tend to use intervention resources more positively than their male   counterparts, and how society can improve its response to female substance   abusers by moving away from social controls (such as the criminalization of   prostitution) and rehabilitative programs that have been shown to fail   women in the long term.    Advancing important new perspectives about the position of women in   the drug world, this book is essential reading in courses on women and   crime, feminist theory, and criminal justice.

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