Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0423-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Drugs, Health, and Social Policy

In a state-of-the-art presentation, Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine presents articles by experts in the field on current developments and emerging trends in addition to a historical overview of heroin use in this country. Filling a void in the literature on whatÆs known about the "new" heroin users, this volume also updates the readers on the status of aging heroin addicted populations who initiated use of the drug prior to the "age of cocaine." Having moved from the stereotypical "shooting galleries" of back alleys in inner city neighborhoods, heroin addiction continues to rise in mainstream culture and new ways of administration have come into use. A relative abundance of purer Southeast Asian heroin, the rapid rise in popularity of crack-cocaine, treatment controversies, and the realized role that injection drug use plays in the transmission of HIV all suggest increased dimensions of the heroin problem and in their saliency for the 1990s and beyond. Academics, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students will find Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine to be a comprehensive and significant contribution to existing research, as well as a stimulant to further discussion and study of this rapidly evolving issue and its impact in the health and criminal justice arenas of our society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inciardi, James A.

Harrison, Lana D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - James A Inciardi and Lana D Harrison
The Re-Emergence of Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine
Heroin Use in the United States - Timothy Kinlock, Thomas E Hanlon and David N Nurco
History and Development
The Heroin Street Addict - James A Inciardi, Duane C McBride and Hilary L Surratt
Profiling a National Population
The Initiation of the Use of Heroin in the Age of Crack - Dale D Chitwood, Mary Comerford and Norman L Weatherby
Heroin Patterns and Trajectories in an African American Cohort (1969-1990) - Ann F Brunswick and Stephen P Titus
Trends in Heroin Use among Manhattan Arrestees from the Heroin and Crack Eras - Bruce D Johnson and Andrew Golub
Trends in the Non-Injected Use of Heroin and Factors Associated with the Transition to Injecting - Alan Neaigus et al
Methadone Maintenance Treatment - Jerome J Platt et al
Its Development and Effectiveness after Thirty Years
`Hustling' within the Clinic - Geoffrey Hunt and Marsha Rosenbaum
Consumer Perspectives on Methadone Maintenance Treatment
The New Heroin Users in the USA - Jean-Paul Grund
What Lessons Can Be Learned from the Diffusion of Heroin Inhalation in The Netherlands To Prevent Large Scale Transitions to Injecting Drug Use