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Drugs in Adolescent Worlds
Glassner, Barry; Loughlin, Julia
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Description for Drugs in Adolescent Worlds
Paperback. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Drug use by adolescents is usually viewed as the result of personal vulnerability to peer pressures and drug pushers. This book provides a new perspective, which is sociological rather than epidemiological, understanding patterns of drug taking in the context of ordinary social interaction. In this social worlds analysis, adolescents' own concerns with boredom, depression, social identity, friendship, access to drugs, self-control and folk pharmacology replace the professionals' focus on deviant behaviour.
Drug use by adolescents is usually viewed as the result of personal vulnerability to peer pressures and drug pushers. This book provides a new perspective, which is sociological rather than epidemiological, understanding patterns of drug taking in the context of ordinary social interaction. In this social worlds analysis, adolescents' own concerns with boredom, depression, social identity, friendship, access to drugs, self-control and folk pharmacology replace the professionals' focus on deviant behaviour.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312042073
SKU
V9780312042073
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99-15
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