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Gambling Problems in Youth
. Ed(S): Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Gupta, Rina (McGill University, Montreal, Qc, Canada)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Gupta, Rina (McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada). Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH9; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted that young people in North America were growing up in a context of legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few social sa- tions to limit a young person’s interest in gambling—like their adult co- terparts—young people now gamble in larger ... Read more
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted that young people in North America were growing up in a context of legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few social sa- tions to limit a young person’s interest in gambling—like their adult co- terparts—young people now gamble in larger ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781475779479
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V9781475779479
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