The book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continuing spread of the disease. McCoy and Inciardi offer a breadth of perspectives on important issues from a wide array of sources--without pitting these viewpoints against each other. The chapters largely follow the chronology of the AIDS epidemic. Written in plain English, the book's direct, illustrative style bridges the gap between scholarly literature and the literate lay reader with a tasteful synthesis of information, research, and themes...
The book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continu...
In the last 15 years, the prison population in the U.S. increased by more than 188 percent. The increase has been fueled largely by increases in the number of individuals convicted of drug-related offenses. These offenders constitute a disproportionate number of recidivists who, in turn, are responsible for a relatively large proportion of criminal activity in our society. The vast majority of these offenders were arrested for committing violent crimes, and most of the offenders are poor, unemployed, uneducated, come from dysfunctional families, and are African-American. Contrary to public...
In the last 15 years, the prison population in the U.S. increased by more than 188 percent. The increase has been fueled largely by increases in th...
This collection reports on the progress of the intervention programs first described in" Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies" (Inciardi and Fletcher, 1993). By examining the implementation of treatment initiatives, this study focuses on an area often neglected in the research literature: the context in which research is conducted. Applied researchers, particularly those who study users of illicit drugs, face many obstacles that investigators working in more controlled settings, or with more predictable and compliant subjects, often do not...
This collection reports on the progress of the intervention programs first described in" Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Prog...
James A. Inciardi Lana D. Harrison James A. Inciardi
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments and emerging trends in prevention, treatment, distribution and consumption. Filling a void in the literature on what is known about the 'new' heroin users, this volume also updates the reader on the status of ageing heroin-addicted populations who initiated use of the drug prior to the 'age of cocaine'.
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments an...
James A. Inciardi James A. Inciardi Lana D. Harrison
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments and emerging trends in prevention, treatment, distribution and consumption. Filling a void in the literature on what is known about the 'new' heroin users, this volume also updates the reader on the status of ageing heroin-addicted populations who initiated use of the drug prior to the 'age of cocaine'.
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments an...
International contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcomes. With particular emphasis on the conflicts between public health systems, where most programmes are located, and a world-wide criminal justice system that further marginalizes drug users.
International contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcomes. With particular emphasis...
Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime.
Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involve...
Suggests various ways to cope with the drug problem including the possibility of drug legalization. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and examines the approaches of governments to drug control including deterrence, treatment, education and prevention.
Suggests various ways to cope with the drug problem including the possibility of drug legalization. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and...
Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interactive and less able to bond than other children. It was concluded that these conditions were irreversible. However, methodological problems in these early studies, combined with the fact that cocaine-using mothers abuse other drugs as well, has left the research and public health communities uncertain as to the cause and effect relationship between cocaine use and pre//postnatal consequences.
Cocaine-Exposed Infants examines what is known about...
Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interacti...
