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The street addict role : a theory of heroin addiction

Title
  1. The street addict role : a theory of heroin addiction / Richard C. Stephens.
Published by
  1. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1991.
Author
  1. Stephens, Richard C.

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Description
  1. xix, 223 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "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"--Back cover.
Series statement
  1. SUNY series, the new inequalities
Uniform title
  1. SUNY series, the new inequalities
Subject
  1. Heroin abuse > United States
  2. Drug addicts > United States > Psychology
  3. Drug abuse > United States
  4. Social role > United States
  5. Symbolic interactionism
  6. Crime
  7. Group identity
  8. Crime
  9. Heroin Dependence > psychology
  10. Interpersonal Relations
  11. Social Identification
  12. crimes (events)
  13. group identity
  14. crime (social issue)
  15. Group identity
  16. Drug abuse
  17. Drug addicts > Psychology
  18. Heroin abuse
  19. Social role
  20. Symbolic interactionism
  21. Drogenabhängigkeit
  22. Heroin
  23. United States
  24. USA
Contents
  1. Introduction -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- Towards a role theoretic model of heroin use -- Becoming and being a street addict -- Individualistic explanations for heroin use -- Origins of the street addict role -- Treatment for the street addict -- What is to be done.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and indexes.