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The Street Addict Role

By Stephens, Richard C.

The Street Addict Role

By Stephens, Richard C.

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
244
Release Date:
1991-07-03
Publication Date:
1991-07-03
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0791406202
ISBN13:
9780791406205
Weight:
402 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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