The Street Addict Role - A Theory of Heroin Addiction

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard C Stephens, Richard C. Stephens, Stephens Richard C.
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.07.1991
• EAN: 9780791406205
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0620-5
• Seiten: 223
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 336 g
• Serien: Suny Series, the New Inequalit; SUNY series, The New Inequalities
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects