Women on Ice : Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women /

This book explores the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews with women in the suburban counties of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. chronicle the details of their initiation into metham...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Boeri, Miriam
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Critical issues in crime and society.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=520125
Table of Contents:
  • Methamphetamine : the perfect drug for suburban women
  • Ethnographic research : exploring methamphetamine use in the suburbs
  • The gendered drug career : initiation and progression in methamphetamine use
  • Gendered lives : combining work and family with drug-using roles
  • Gendered risks : health and infectious diseases
  • Gendered risks : violence and crime
  • The revolving door : treatment, recovery, and relapse
  • Policy implications.