Illegal leisure : the normalization of adolescent recreational drug use / Howard Parker, Judith Aldridge and Fiona Measham.
By: Parker, Howard J
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Contributor(s): Aldridge, Judith | Measham, Fiona.
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BookSeries: Adolescence and society.Publisher: London : Routledge, 1998 (1999)Description: viii, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415158095 ; 0415158109 .Subject(s): Teenagers -- Drug use. -- Great Britain | Drug abuse -- Great Britain | Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.291 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.291 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00112445 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.291 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00071218 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Illegal Leisure offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. The authors present the results of a five year longitudinal study into young people and drug taking. They argue that drugs are no longer used as a form of rebellious behaviour, but have been subsumed into wider, acceptable leisure activities. The new generation of drug user can no longer be seen as mad or bad or from subcultural worlds - they are ordinary and everywhere. Illustrated throughout with interview material, Illegal Leisure shows how drug consumption has become normalised, and provides a well-informed analysis of the current debate.
Bibliography: (pages 166-173) and index.
Introduction -- Why are more young Britons taking drugs? competing and confusing explanations -- The North-West longitudinal study -- Alcohol: 'our favourite drug' -- Patterns: an overview of drug offers, trying use and drugs experiences across adolescence -- Pathways: drug abstainers, former triers, current users and those in transition -- Journeys: becoming users of drugs -- Towards the normalisation of recreational drug use.