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Zusatztext "With photographs and data from field observations and in-depth interviews! Gao's book on women and heroin addiction in China has opened up a new research area for other scholars to further explore. This timely book is very well written and is in fact one of a kind in the literature in that it applies the most advanced Western research methods to the study of Chinese issues." - Mengyan Dai! Old Dominion University"The author must be commended on completing a research project about a hidden population - heroin addicted women in China. Through this work! the author has given a voice to women who are often silenced." - Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books Informationen zum Autor Huan Gao is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the California State University, Stanislaus. She received her Ph.D. in criminal justice from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in 2008. She is a former attorney in China with a Master of Law degree. Klappentext This groundbreaking book provides scholars and students in the areas of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, substance abuse and women's studies with in-depth analysis of 131 female heroin users' drug use careers in China. The book has important policy implications for both China and the international society in the context of increasing global concern about women's substance abuse. Zusammenfassung This groundbreaking book provides scholars and students in the areas of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, substance abuse and women’s studies with in-depth analysis of 131 female heroin users’ drug use careers in China. The book has important policy implications for both China and the international society in the context of increasing global concern about women’s substance abuse. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Social Changes and Illicit Drug Use in China 2. Reaching Out to Women Subjects 3. Family, School and Post-School Life 4. Initiation into Heroin 5. Continued Use and Crime 6. Desistance 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications. Epilogue ...
