Title:
Drugs, society, and criminal justice
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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 |
