Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)
Contributors: Zili Sloboda (Editor); William J. Bukoski (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 5, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 698
ISBN-13: 9780387324593
Description: This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention. Included are sections on Theoretical and Empirical Foundations, Social Contexts of Prevention, Prevention as Social Control, Special Populations, Research Design and a Look at the Future.