Women on Ice : : Methamphetamine Use among Suburban Women /

Women on Ice : : Methamphetamine Use among Suburban Women / / Miriam Boeri.

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Methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shard) has been called epidemic in the United States. Yet few communities were ready for increased use of methamphetamine by suburban women. Women on Ice is the first book to study exclusively the lives of women who use the drug and its effects on their families...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Boeri, Miriam,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (254 p.) :; 4 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures And Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Methamphetamine: The Perfect Drug For Suburban Women
  • 2. Ethnographic Research: Exploring Methamphetamine Use In The Suburbs
  • 3. The Gendered Drug Career: Initiation And Progression In Methamphetamine Use
  • 4.Gendered Lives: Combining Work And Family With Drug-Using Roles
  • 5. Gendered Risks: Health And Infectious Diseases
  • 6. Gendered Risks: Violence And Crime
  • 7. The Revolving Door: Treatment, Recovery, And Relapse
  • 8. Policy Implications
  • Appendix A. Methodological Process
  • Appendix B. The Drug Career Typology
  • References
  • Index
  • About The Author

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