Authors: Erich Goode, Goode Erich
ISBN-13: 9780073401492, ISBN-10: 0073401498
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: May 2007
Edition: 7th Edition
Erich Goode received his undergraduate education at Oberlin College and his Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia, New York University, Florida Atlantic University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is currently Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland. His areas of specialization are drug use, deviant behavior, criminology, and collective behavior. Professor Goode is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship.
Goode's Drugs in American Society 7/e is a well-respected, brief investigation of the full range of psychoactive drug use; from legal, medical and perscription use to criminal, recreational use and from casual use to addiction. Objective pro and con accounts on important issues like treatment, education, rehabilitation, and legalization give students a thorough understanding of the topics. The new seventh edition continues to provide the most balanced and up-to-date coverage in an accessible, engaging style.
Preface | ||
Prologue | 1 | |
Appendix: True-False Quiz on Drugs | 14 | |
Pt. I | Introduction | |
Ch. 1 | Drugs and Drug Use | 19 |
Ch. 2 | Looking at Drugs: A Sociological Perspective | 35 |
Ch. 3 | Theories of Drug Use | 64 |
Ch. 4 | The Extent of Drug Use in America | 87 |
Ch. 5 | Drugs and Crime and Violence | 120 |
Pt. II | Drugs, Their Effects, and Their Use | |
Ch. 6 | Alcohol | 155 |
Ch. 7 | Marijuana | 186 |
Ch. 8 | Hallucinogens | 211 |
Ch. 9 | Stimulants | 240 |
Ch. 10 | Psychotherapeutic Drugs | 265 |
Ch. 11 | Heroin and the Narcotics | 281 |
Pt. III | Dealing with Drug Use | |
Ch. 12 | Drug Treatment, Drug Testing, and Drug Education | 313 |
Ch. 13 | Drugs and the Law | 347 |
References | 391 | |
Author Index | 420 | |
Subject Index | 426 |