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Better Bang for the Buck? Generalizing Trust in Online Drug Markets

Published:2022-09-10 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0007-0955
Container-title:The British Journal of Criminology
language:en
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Author:

Munksgaard Rasmus¹^ORCID,Ferris Jason A²^ORCID,Winstock Adam³⁴^ORCID,Maier Larissa J⁵^ORCID,Barratt Monica J⁶⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University , Fibigerstræde 13, 9220 Aalborg Ø , Denmark

2. Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland , Woolloongabba, Queensland , Australia

3. Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London , London , UK

4. Global Drug Survey , London , UK

5. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California , San Francisco , USA

6. Social and Global Studies Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia , NSW , Australia

7. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia , NSW , Australia

Abstract

Abstract Past research into illicit online markets suggests that trust is produced by governance, reputation systems and the formation of social ties. In this paper, we draw on accounts of abstract and institutional trust, examining whether using a market is associated with general positive beliefs about product quality. Using data from the 2018 Global Drug Survey (n = 25,471) we utilize propensity score matching and multilevel linear regression to examine the association between having purchased drugs online and general expectations about product quality in value, weight, purity and price. We find strong evidence of a positive association between general beliefs and individual experience. This suggests that trust in illicit online markets can extend beyond interpersonal relations and towards an abstract market.

Funder

Université de Montréal École de Criminologie

the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council

Australian Government under the Drug and Alcohol Program

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Law,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Social Psychology,Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Link

https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/bjc/azac070/45787223/azac070.pdf

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