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Author Stephens, Richard C.

Title The street addict role : a theory of heroin addiction / Richard C. Stephens.

Publication Info. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1991]
©1991

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.293 S835S    Check Shelf
Description xix, 223 pages ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series, the new inequalities
SUNY series, the new inequalities.
Contents 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.
Subject Heroin abuse -- United States.
Drug addicts -- United States -- Psychology.
Drug abuse -- United States.
Social role -- United States.
Symbolic interactionism.
Crime -- United States.
Heroin Dependence -- psychology.
Interpersonal Relations.
Social Identification.
ISBN 0791406199
0791406202
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