The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures : : A Case Study from the Shetland Islands / / by Anke Stallwitz.

This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and reli...

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Place / Publishing House:Dordrecht : : Springer Netherlands :, Imprint: Springer,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (379 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical Background and Literature Review
  • Chapter 3. Methodology
  • PART II: THE SHETLAND HEROIN SCENE – LOCATION-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
  • Chapter 4. Shetland and Substance Use
  • Chapter 5. The Features and Descriptive Characteristics of Heroin Scene in Shetland
  • Chapter 6. The Internal Structure of the Heroin Scene in Shetland
  • Chapter 7. The Shetland Heroin Scene from a Historical Perspective: Five Distinct Eras
  • Chapter 8. The Current Heroin Using Trend in Shetland
  • Chapter 9. The Community-Minded Spirit of the Shetland Heroin Scene
  • Chapter 10. Summary of Part II
  • PART III: COMMUNITY-MINDEDNESS AND SELF-REGULATION IN DRUG CULTURES
  • Chapter 11: Community-Mindedness and Self-Regulation in Heroin Scenes in the Scientific Literature
  • Chapter 12: Explaining Drug Markets and Distributions Systems
  • Chapter 13. Historical Transitions of Urban Drug Markets and Scenes
  • Chapter 14. The British, Scottish and Shetland Heroin Trends in Numbers
  • Chapter 15. Media Reports on Heroin in Shetland
  • Chapter 16. Heroin Use in Relation to the Location-Specific Particularities of the Shetland Islands
  • Chapter 17. Explaining the Evolution of Drug Eras
  • Chapter 18. Future Prognosis of the Shetland Heroin Scene
  • PART IV: PROMOTING SELF-REGULATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF DRUG CULTURES
  • Chapter 19. A Model of Self-Regulation and Social Integration of Drug Subcultures
  • References.-.