The Social Consequences of Methamphetamine Use (Interdisciplinary Studies in Alcohol and Drug Use and Abuse, V. 8)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (537 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0773465693 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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For many of the sample members that engaged in violence, chronic methamphetamine use had a disorganizing effect on their cognitive functions, which in turn lead to distorted interpretations of behavior and reduced an individual's ability to use various coping devices in situations seen as threatening. Most germane to this study, it discovered that violence is not an inevitable outcome of even chronic amphetamine use.. This study analyzed the pharmacological effects, situational contexts and processual dynamics of methamphetamine use, distribution, and violence, using interviews. Superimposed on these long-term between-individual differences are short-term within-individual variations in violence potential. Evidence supports previous research that suggests continuity from youth aggression to adult violence. Findings indicate that long-term influences - family, psychological/personality, and peer factors lead to the development of fairly stable, slowly changing differences between individuals in their potential for violence. The study could find no evidence of a single, uniform career path that all chronic methamphetamine users follow
"Overall, Sommers and Baskin provide a rich and thoughtful analysis of men and women who use methamphetamine. Using the research subjects' own words as their guide, Sommers and Baskin have produced a significant addition to the literature on drug abuse." - Alberto Mata, University of Oklahoma" . Their study richly describes the lives of methamphetamine users and the methamphetamine-violence relationship
"Should have been published as a scholarly article" according to Mary Holley MD Mothers Against Methamphetamine. I was looking for a book to help me understand what happened to my brother who killed himself on methamphetamine. This book did not answer that question. It is a sociological study of meth addicts from the LA area with attention to their social background and potential for violence. It has some interesting statistics, but it comes to some unwar
He was a NIMH post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Massachusetts -Amherst, Department of Sociology. Sommers has conducted and published research on a wide range of topics, including female offending, substance abuse and violence, forensic mental health, and domestic violence. . Currently, she is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at California State University, Los Angeles. Baskin has published on a variety of topics, including female offending, su