Women on Ice : Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women /

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This book explores the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews with women in the suburban counties of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. chronicle the details of their initiation into metham...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boeri, Miriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Colección:Critical issues in crime and society.
Temas:
Women > Drug use.
Methamphetamine abuse.
Women drug addicts.
Drug addiction > Treatment.
Méthamphétamine > Abus.
Femmes toxicomanes.
Toxicomanie > Traitement.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > Drug Dependence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Drug addiction > Treatment
Methamphetamine abuse
Women drug addicts
Women > Drug use
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Methamphetamine : the perfect drug for suburban women
  • Ethnographic research : exploring methamphetamine use in the suburbs
  • The gendered drug career : initiation and progression in methamphetamine use
  • Gendered lives : combining work and family with drug-using roles
  • Gendered risks : health and infectious diseases
  • Gendered risks : violence and crime
  • The revolving door : treatment, recovery, and relapse
  • Policy implications.

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