Fake meds online : the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals /: the internet and the transnational market in illicit pharmaceuticals. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• 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 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
• 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; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137570888; 1137570881
• Related ISBNs: 9781137570871; 1137570873
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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