The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction (SUNY series, The New Inequalities) - Tapa blanda

Stephens, Richard C.

 
9780791406205: The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction (SUNY series, The New Inequalities)
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ISBN 10: 0791406202 ISBN 13: 9780791406205
Editorial: SUNY series, The New Inequalities, 1991

Sinopsis

This book provides a new answer to the question, "Why do people use heroin and other street drugs?" Drawing upon a growing body of studies of drug users conducted by sociologists and anthropologists, it attempts to integrate their findings into a theoretically unified sociocultural explanation of heroin use. The theory, which draws heavily upon the insights of symbolic interactionist and role theory, posits that there is a street subculture of heroin users. The chief role in this subculture -- the street addict role -- becomes a blueprint for living for many heroin users. Addicts are heavily committed to this role and organize their behavior and self-identification around it. From this basic starting point, the theory explains how persons become and remain addicts and how they may eventually give up addictive behavior.

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Richard C. Stephens is Professor of Sociology, Cleveland State University.

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Editorial
SUNY series, The New Inequalities
Año de publicación
1991
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0791406202
ISBN 13 
9780791406205
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
246
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9780791406199: The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction (SUNY series, The New Inequalities)

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ISBN 10:  0791406199 ISBN 13:  9780791406199
Editorial: State University of New York Press, 1991
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