The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction
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ISBN-13:
9780791406199
Veröffentl:
1991
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.07.1991
Seiten:
223
Autor:
Richard C. Stephens
Gewicht:
481 g
Format:
235x159x19 mm
Serie:
Suny Series, the New Inequalit
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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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