The street addict role
Subtitle: a theory of heroin addiction
By: Richard C. Stephens.
Series: SUNY series, the new inequalities
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Heroin abuse -- United States; Drug addicts -- United States -- Psychology; Drug abuse -- United States; Social role -- United States; Symbolic interactionism
Description: Introduction -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- Towards a role theoretic model of heroin use -- Becoming and being a street addict -- Individualistic explanations for heroin use -- Origins of the street addict role -- Treatment for the street addict -- What is to be done.