Fake meds online : the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals /: the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- Fake meds online : the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals /: the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Fake meds online : the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals
- Further Information:
- Note: Alexandra Hall, Georgios A. Antonopoulos.
- Authors:
- Hall, Alexandra
Antonopoulos, Georgios A - Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviation ; List of Figures ; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Project 'www.fakecare.com'; Methodology; Virtual Ethnography; Additional Methods; Limitations of Methods and Data; A Composite Definition of 'Illicit Medicines'; Notes; Chapter 2: The Online Trade in Illicit Pharmaceuticals: The UK Context; Cybercrime and Pharmaceutical Falsification: A Very Brief History; The Online Trade in Illicit Medicines in the UK: A Transit Zone and End-User Market; The Most Popular Illicit Medicines in the UK; The Legal and Regulatory Framework The Internet InfrastructureThe Platforms, Services and Tools Used to Market Illicit Medicines Online; Online Pharmacies; 'Pandora's (In)Box: Email, Spam and Web Manipulation; Social Media Sites; Online Wholesalers and Classified Advertising; Darknet Markets; Online Detection-Avoidance Tactics; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Demand Side; Pharmaceutical Drugs, the Internet and the UK Consumer; Web 2.0 and the Privatisation of Healthcare; Contributing Factors and Demographic Variables; Determinant Factors; The Privatisation of Health Practices and the New Cultural Norm of the Consumer/Patient Saving Face: The Demand for Lifestyle Medicines Drug Diversion: Recreational Drug Use and Prescription Drug Misuse; Recreational Pharmaceutical Drug Use; Prescription Drug Misuse; Anti-Big Business Sentiment? Attitudes Towards Counterfeiting; Who Is at Risk? Measuring Demographic Variables; Socioeconomic Factors; Young People andAcknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviation ; List of Figures ; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Project 'www.fakecare.com'; Methodology; Virtual Ethnography; Additional Methods; Limitations of Methods and Data; A Composite Definition of 'Illicit Medicines'; Notes; Chapter 2: The Online Trade in Illicit Pharmaceuticals: The UK Context; Cybercrime and Pharmaceutical Falsification: A Very Brief History; The Online Trade in Illicit Medicines in the UK: A Transit Zone and End-User Market; The Most Popular Illicit Medicines in the UK; The Legal and Regulatory Framework The Internet InfrastructureThe Platforms, Services and Tools Used to Market Illicit Medicines Online; Online Pharmacies; 'Pandora's (In)Box: Email, Spam and Web Manipulation; Social Media Sites; Online Wholesalers and Classified Advertising; Darknet Markets; Online Detection-Avoidance Tactics; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Demand Side; Pharmaceutical Drugs, the Internet and the UK Consumer; Web 2.0 and the Privatisation of Healthcare; Contributing Factors and Demographic Variables; Determinant Factors; The Privatisation of Health Practices and the New Cultural Norm of the Consumer/Patient Saving Face: The Demand for Lifestyle Medicines Drug Diversion: Recreational Drug Use and Prescription Drug Misuse; Recreational Pharmaceutical Drug Use; Prescription Drug Misuse; Anti-Big Business Sentiment? Attitudes Towards Counterfeiting; Who Is at Risk? Measuring Demographic Variables; Socioeconomic Factors; Young People and Teenagers; Gender; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Supply Side; The Political Economy of Supply; Historically Established Trade Routes; The Use of Special Economic Zones; Parallel Trade Offline Physical Flows: The Channels and Networks of Production and DistributionZones of Production; Zones of Transit and Distribution; The Trade's Social Organisation; Actors; Case Files; Organisation; 'Pay as You Grow:' The Online Trade in Illicit Medicines as the By-Product of Contemporary Dynamics in the Legal Pharmaceutical Industry; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 5: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 363.45
Criminology
Drug traffic -- Investigation
Transnational crime
Internet pharmacies -- Corrupt practices
Drugs -- Marketing -- Corrupt practices
Crime -- Sociological aspects
Computer crimes
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Computer crimes
Crime -- Sociological aspects
Drug traffic -- Investigation
Transnational crime
Social Science -- Criminology
Crime & criminology
Crime—Sociological aspects
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- English
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- 9781137570888
1137570881 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781137570871
1137570873 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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