Huan Gao

Women and Heroin Addiction in China's Changing Society (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book provides scholars and students in the areas of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, substance abuse and women's studies with in-depth analysis of 131 female heroin users' drug use careers in China. The book has important policy implications for both China and the international society in the context of increasing global concern about women's substance abuse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136661570
• Artikelnr.: 38268791

Autorenporträt

Huan Gao is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the California State University, Stanislaus. She received her Ph.D. in criminal justice from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in 2008. She is a former attorney in China with a Master of Law degree.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Social Changes and Illicit Drug Use in China 2. Reaching Out to Women
Subjects 3. Family, School and Post-School Life 4. Initiation into Heroin
5. Continued Use and Crime 6. Desistance 7. Conclusions and Policy
Implications. Epilogue