Cocktails and Dreams: Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Use - Softcover

Palacios, Wilson R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130987514 ISBN 13: 9780130987518

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For courses in drugs, alcohol, research methods, deviance, sociology, criminal justice & criminology.

This collection of qualitative research articles presents a balanced representation of issues surrounding illegal drug use and the misuse of legal drugs. By exposing students to various drug subcultures, as presented by national and international scholars in the field, the text encourages students to think critically about this topic and break through longstanding stereotypes about people who consume legal and illegal drugs.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Cocktails & Dreams: Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Use offers students a collection of twenty-two qualitative research articles which dismantle many of the stereotypes associated with the consumption of legal and illegal drugs. By featuring articles from national and international scholars, students are able to make appreciable comparisons across different cultural and societal groups. Students will find many of the narratives contained in these assembled articles to be provocative, engaging, and, to some extent, controversial―an easy catalyst for professors wishing to truly reach their students.

About the Author:

Wilson R. Palacios is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. His research interests are in qualitative research methods and analysis, urban drug subcultures, and the epidemiology of Latino/a drug use.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0130987514
• ISBN 13: 9780130987518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400