Drugs and British Society

Responses to a Social Problem in the Eighties
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-01511-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1989, Drugs and British Society (now with a new preface by Susanne MacGregor) provides information on the drugs problem in Britain in the 1980s, based on extensive research and experience, and places it in its international and historical context.

The contributors to this book are all experts in this field, and are drawn from a range of disciplines, including epidemiology, sociology, social psychiatry, social policy, anthropology, and history. They share a social rather than a narrowly medical or individualistic perspective on drugs, stressing that policy and practice about drugs must be based not on prejudice, alarm or outdated ideas, but on clear, reliable and detailed evidence and the informed judgements of people who have a thorough understanding of the issues. They explain the problem by referring it to its social and political context, from the level of the local community and local services to the wider national and structural levels.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macgregor, Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The public debate in the 1980s  2. Historical issues  3. The international context  4. The epidemiology of illicit drug-use and misuse in Britain  5. Young people and drugs  6. An inner-city community response to heroin-use  7. Women, substance abuse and self-help  8. Drug-users and the prison system  9. Drugs and the media: prevention campaigns and television  10. A model service: turning the generalist on to drugs  11. Choices for policy and practice

Über Autor(innen)

Susanne MacGregor is Honorary Professor at the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests include Drugs problems and policies; alcohol policy; public health; social policy; and evaluation research.