Strategizing the Street: How Law Matters in the Lives of Women in the Street‐Level Drug Economy

The criminal law (indeed all law) matters ... because it is a resource.... It is a source of support that people may draw on in the same way they draw on other resources in their environment such as savings accounts, accumulated human capital, and the availability of others to help them achieve their goals. Law may be an intangible resource, as when one invokes the law's authority to order another's