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6. Meeting the Djinn

Stories of Drug Use, Bad Trips, and Addiction
  • Sveinung Sandberg and Sébastien Tutenges
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Narrative Criminology
This chapter is in the book Narrative Criminology
© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword: Narrative Criminology as the New Mainstream vii
  4. Introduction: What Is the Story? 1
  5. Part I. Stories Construct Proper Selves
  6. 1. The Rapist and the Proper Criminal 23
  7. 2. In Search of Respectability 42
  8. 3. Gendered Narratives of Self, Addiction, and Recovery among Women Methamphetamine Users 69
  9. 4. Moral Habilitation and the New Normal 96
  10. Part II. Stories Animate and Mobilize
  11. 5. “The Race of Pale Men Should Increase and Multiply” 125
  12. 6. Meeting the Djinn 150
  13. 7. Telling Moments 174
  14. Part III. Storytelling, Creative and Reflexive
  15. 8. The Shifting Narratives of Violent Offenders 207
  16. 9. Narrative Criminology and Cultural Criminology 235
  17. 10. Narratives of Tax Evasion 260
  18. Conclusion: Where to Now? 287
  19. About the Contributors 301
  20. Index 305
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479876778.003.0007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword: Narrative Criminology as the New Mainstream vii
  4. Introduction: What Is the Story? 1
  5. Part I. Stories Construct Proper Selves
  6. 1. The Rapist and the Proper Criminal 23
  7. 2. In Search of Respectability 42
  8. 3. Gendered Narratives of Self, Addiction, and Recovery among Women Methamphetamine Users 69
  9. 4. Moral Habilitation and the New Normal 96
  10. Part II. Stories Animate and Mobilize
  11. 5. “The Race of Pale Men Should Increase and Multiply” 125
  12. 6. Meeting the Djinn 150
  13. 7. Telling Moments 174
  14. Part III. Storytelling, Creative and Reflexive
  15. 8. The Shifting Narratives of Violent Offenders 207
  16. 9. Narrative Criminology and Cultural Criminology 235
  17. 10. Narratives of Tax Evasion 260
  18. Conclusion: Where to Now? 287
  19. About the Contributors 301
  20. Index 305
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