Title:
Drugs, society, and criminal justice
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Allyn & Bacon, 2008
Physical Description:
xvi, 432 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9780135138069
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Summary
Summary
An adaptation of Levinthal's Drugs, Behavior and Modern Society 5e , the second edition of this successful, widely-regarded, highly readable and pedagogy-oriented textbook on drug use and abuse is oriented toward a sociological/psychological perspective, with particular attention to issues related to drug-related crime and the criminal justice system.
Table of Contents
I Drugs and Criminal Justice |
1 An Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse |
Two Ways of Looking at Drugs and Behavior |
How Drugs Enter the Body |
How Drugs Exit the Body |
Factors Determining the Physiological Impact of Drugs |
Psychological Factors in Drug-Taking Behavior |
Physical and Psychological Dependence |
Psychiatric Definitions |
Drug Toxicity |
The DAWN Reports |
Summary |
2 History of Drug Use and Drug Legislation |
Drugs in the Early Times |
Drugs in the Nineteenth Century |
Drug Regulation in the Early Twentieth Century |
Drugs and Behavior from 1945 to 1960 |
The Return of Drug Tolerance, 1960 ndash; 1980 |
Renewed Efforts at Control, 1980 ndash; Present |
Present Day Attitudes Toward Drugs |
Patterns of Drug Use in the United States |
Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past |
Summary |
3 Theoretical Perspectives on Drug Use and Abuse |
Biological Perspectives |
Psychological Perspectives |
Sociological Perspectives |
Risk Factors and Protective Factors |
II Legally Restricted Drugs in Our Society |
4 The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines |
The History of Cocaine |
Acute Effects of Cocaine |
Chronic Effects of Cocaine |
Medical Uses of Cocaine |
How Cocaine Works in the Brain |
Present-Day Cocaine Abuse |
Patterns of Cocaine Abuse |
Treatment Programs for Cocaine Abuse |
Amphetamines |
Acute and Chronic Effects of Amphetamines |
Medical Uses for Amphetamines and Similar Stimulant Drugs |
Summary |
5 Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates |
Opium in History |
Morphine and the Advent of Heroin |
Opiates and Heroin in American Society |
Effects on the Mind and the Body |
How Opiates Work in the Brain |
Patterns of Heroin Abuse |
Heroin Abuse and Society |
Treatment for Heroin Abuse |
Medical Uses of Narcotic Drugs |
Summary |
6 LSD and other Hallucinogens |
A Matter of Definition |
Classifying Hallucinogens |
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) |
Facts and Fictions about LSD |
Psilocybin and Other Hallucinogens Related to Serotonin |
Hallucinogens Related to Norepinephrine |
Hallucinogens Related to Acetycholine |
Phencyclidine (PCP) |
Ketamine |