Illegal leisure : the normalization of adolescent recreational drug use / Howard Parker, Judith Aldridge and Fiona Measham.
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TextSeries: Adolescence and societyPublication details: London : Routledge, 1998.Description: viii, 177p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780415158107 (pbk.) :
- 9780415158091 (hbk.) :
- 9780415158107
- Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- Great Britain
- Drug abuse -- Great Britain
- Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
- Teenagers -- Great Britain -- Conduct of life
- Teenagers -- Drug use -- Great Britain
- Health and Wellbeing
- Sociology
- Social work
- Psychological theory & schools of thought
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- Cultural studies
- Age groups: children
- Age groups: adolescents
- 362.29120941 PAR
- HV5824.Y68P346 1998
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 362.29120941 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 204548 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-173) and index.
1.Why are more young Britons taking drugs? competing and confusing explanations -- 2.The North-West longitudinal study -- 3.Alcohol: \'our favourite drug\' -- 4.Patterns: an overview of drug offers, trying, use and drugs experiences across adolescence -- 5.Pathways: drug abstainers, former triers, current users and those in transition -- 6.Journeys: becoming users of drugs -- 7.Towards the normalisation of recreational drug use.
This text aims to offer an insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. The authors present the results of a five year study into young people and drug taking.