Understanding Drug Use and Abuse

A Global Perspective

Benjamin P. Bowser, Carl O. Word, Toby Seddon (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2014
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-30331-7 (ISBN)

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Addressing drug use and abuse as a global phenomenon, this text draws on contemporary and international research findings to examine the causes of drug use in different countries and to explore different policy responses to its prevention and treatment. It is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and anyone concerned with drug use.

Benjamin P. Bowser is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at California State University East Bay, USA. Carl O. Word is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Argosy University, USA. Toby Seddon is Professor of Law and Director of Research in the School of Law at the University of Manchester, UK.

PART I: INTRODUCTION.- 1. Substance Abuse: a Growing Social Problem.- 2. Scope of the Issue: Prevalence of Drug Abuse.- 3. Prohibition of Alcohol and Opiates.- 4. Social Marketing Perspective.- PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES.- 5. Sociological Perspectives.- 6. Criminological Perspectives.- 7. Psychological Perspectives.- 8. Physiological Perspectives.-PART III: RESPONSES.- 9. Public Policy: Criminal Justice Responses.- 10. Public Policy: Public Health Responses.- 11. Prevention.- 12. Treatment.- PART IV: CONCLUSION.- 13. Recommendations and Afterthoughts.

Zusatzinfo	232 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-30331-5 / 0230303315
ISBN-13	978-0-230-30331-7 / 9780230303317
Zustand	Neuware