| Illegal Leisure Contributor(s): Aldridge, Judith (Author), Measham, Fiona (Author), Parker, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415158109 ISBN-13: 9780415158107 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: "Illegal Leisure" offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. With half this generation having tried an illicit drug and up to a quarter using drugs regularly, this study explains why, despite parental angst, universal programs and a determined war on drugs, all efforts to ban illegal leisure have failed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - General - Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction |
| Dewey: 362.291 |
| LCCN: 98-10388 |
| Series: Adolescence and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.22" W x 8.52" (0.57 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Illegal Leisure offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. The authors present the results of a five year longitudinal study into young people and drug taking. They argue that drugs are no longer used as a form of rebellious behaviour, but have been subsumed into wider, acceptable leisure activities. The new generation of drug user can no longer be seen as mad or bad or from subcultural worlds - they are ordinary and everywhere. Illustrated throughout with interview material, Illegal Leisure shows how drug consumption has become normalised, and provides a well-informed analysis of the current debate. |