Kriminologisches Journal

Outlining a typology of steroid suppliers located on a popular international fitness and bodybuilding Forum

Zusammenfassung

In recent years, there has been a rise in image and performance enhancing drug (IPED) use. With understanding access and supply of drugs important to harm reduction, this article explores IPED supply on a “surface web† fitness forum, outlining a typology of suppliers located in this space, through a digital ethnography drawing data from over 28,800 unique forum posts. Results explore the diversity of supply observed in this cultural space, examining supply along four axes, between open/closed; general/specialist; established/opportunistic; and finally between steroid “brewers† manufacturing product, and “resellers† of premade product. This typology informs understanding of how the “open† yet culturally embedded market structure of forums influences diverse norms of supply, which challenge traditional conceptions of illicit drug markets. The article also illustrates how culturally-embedded market structures in increasingly popular digital market spaces are influencing supply norms.

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Outlining a typology of steroid suppliers located on a popular international fitness and bodybuilding Forum
Kriminologisches Journal (ISSN 0341-1966), Ausgabe 3, Jahr 2021, Seite 202 - 216

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Titel

Outlining a typology of steroid suppliers located on a popular international fitness and bodybuilding Forum

Zeitschrift

Kriminologisches Journal (ISSN 0341-1966), Ausgabe 3, Jahr 2021, Seite 202 - 216

DOI

10.3262/KJ2103202

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Print ISSN

0341-1966

Verlag

Beltz Juventa

Autoren

Luke Turnock

Schlagwörter

Steroide
Social supply
Digital Markets
Digitale Märkte
Enhancement Drug
Homemade Drugs
IPED
Kleinhandel
leistungssteigernde Drogen
Selbst hergestellte Drogen
Steroid