Drugs, alcohol, and social problems / edited by James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy.
| Other author | Orcutt, James D. |
| Other author | Rudy, David R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003. |
| Description | viii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Understanding social problems Understanding social problems. ^A564139 |
| Contents | Constructing the ownership of social problems : fun and profit in the welfare state / Joseph R. Gusfield -- Deviant drinking as disease : alcoholism as a social accomplishment / Joseph W. Schneider -- Shocking numbers and graphic accounts : quantified images of drug problems in the print media / James D. Orcutt and J. Blake Turner -- Comparative ideologies and alcoholism : the Protestant and proletarian ethics / Timothy P. Rouse and Prabha N. Unnithan -- Setting the public agenda : 'street crime' and drug use in American politics / Katherine Beckett -- Truth and DARE : tracking drug education to graduation and as symbolic politics / Earl Wysong, Richard Aniskiewicz, and David Wright -- Explaining racial/ethnic differences in adolescent drug use : the impact of background and lifestyle / John M. Wallace, Jr. and Jerald G. Bachman -- Drinking by black and white women : results from a national survey / Denise Herd -- Race, class, and gender differences in substance abuse : evidence of middle-class/underclass polarization among black males / Kellie E.M. Barr ... [et al.] -- You can't help but get stoned : notes on the social organization of marijuana smoking / Don H. Zimmerman and D. Lawrence Wieder -- Shifts and oscillations in deviant careers : the case of upper-level drug dealers and smugglers / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- The 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating / Glenda Kaufman Kantor and Murray A. Straus -- Drugs-crime connections : elaborations from the life histories of hard-core heroin addicts / Charles E. Faupel and Carl B. Klockars -- Social misery and the sanctions of substance abuse : confronting HIV risk among homeless heroin addicts in San Francisco / Philippe Bourgois, Mark Lettiere, and James Quesada. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003004918 |
| ISBN | 0742528448 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742528456 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV5825 .D7798 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |