Work

Toward a Trauma-Informed Psychosocial Criminology: A Case Study of Women’s Methamphetamine Use

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Feminist criminological scholarship on illegal substances has struggled to explain why some women who use drugs continue to participate in markets that confront them with overwhelming harms, high risk of sexual abuse, violence, and intense gendered stigma. Utilizing a case study drawn from a sample of incarcerated women who used methamphetamine in Missouri, we highlight the role of gendered identifications and emotional dependencies in the processing of trauma and its consequences for engagement in exploitative exchanges. The article is a contribution to a trauma-informed psychosocial criminology that provides a dynamic and holistic explanation of intergenerational trauma and methamphetamine use.

Source: Feminist Criminology

DOI: 10.1177/15570851251329729

Authors: Heidi Grundetjern, David Gadd

Institutions: Villanova University, University of Manchester

Language: English

Topic: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4408663994

FWCI: 5.319

Cites: 46

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10