Miriam Boeri

Women on Ice

Methamphetamine Use among Suburban Women

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and examines the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews of women in the suburban counties of Atlanta, the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern U.S, illustrate the divergent pathways taken and the details of their initiation into meth and the turning points into problematic use of the drug.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780813554594
• ISBN-10: 0813554594
• Artikelnr.: 36146277

Autorenporträt

Miriam Boeri

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Methamphetamine: The Perfect Drug for Suburban Women
2. Ethnographic Research: Exploring Methamphetamine Use in the Suburbs
3. The Gendered Drug Career: Initiation and Progression in Methamphetamine
Use
4. Gendered Lives: Combining Work and Family with Drug-Using Roles
5. Gendered Risks: Health and Infectious Diseases
6. Gendered Risks: Violence and Crime
7. The Revolving Door: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse
8. Policy Implications
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
Index