The SAGE Handbook of Drug & Alcohol Studies

Social science approaches to drug and alcohol use offer the key to understanding complex social phemomena. The editor and authors of this volume are to be congratulated in providing an accessible and wide ranging introduction to the key theories; disciplinary approaches; topics and themes which characterise this area. For a thorough going introduction to drugs, alcohol and social science, this book will be the first port of call.

• Section One: Central Social Science Theories in Drug and Alcohol StudiesChapter 01: Central social science theories in drug and alcohol studies introduction - EditorsChapter 02: Historical Perspectives - Mark HailwoodChapter 03: Sociological Perspectives - Franca Beccaria & Franco PrinaChapter 04: Psychological Explanations of Addiction - Robert Hill and Jennifer HarrisChapter 05: Anthropological study of drug use: Methodological and theoretical considerations - J. Bryan Page and Merrill SingerChapter 06: Criminological Perspectives - Karen Joe LaidlerChapter 07: Cultural Studies Approaches to Drugs and Alcohol - Kane Race and Rebecca BrownChapter 08: Geographical perspectives on drug and alcohol studies - Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine and Sarah L. HollowaySection Two: Pillars in Social Science Drug and Alcohol StudiesChapter 09: Drug policy - Alison Ritter, Caitlin Hughes and Phillip HullChapter 10: Alcohol policy in global context - James NichollsChapter 11: Drug policy in practice - Esben Houborg and Bagga BjergeChapter 12: National preventive approaches to tackle alcohol misuse - Elias Allara, Marica Ferri and Fabrizio FaggianoChapter 13: Community-focused approaches to the prevention of alcohol-related harms: from past experiences to future possibilities - Richard Midford and Anthony Shakeshaft Chapter 14: Bridging Harm Reduction and Recovery - Heino Stöver Chapter 15: The Treatment Response: Systemic Features, Paradigms and Socio-Cultural Frameworks - Harald Klingemann & Jessica StorbjörkChapter 16: Matching patients to treatments or matching interventions to needs? - Morten Hesse, Birgitte Thylstrup and Anette Søgaard NielsenChapter 17: Workforce Development and professionalization - Anna NelsonChapter 18: Reflecting on Intoxication - Geoffrey Hunt and Vibeke Asmussen FrankChapter 19: Identity, Friendship and Sociality - Thomas Thurnell-ReadChapter 20: Consumption and context - Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine, and Sarah L. Holloway Section Three: Controversies and New Approaches in Social Science Drug and Alcohol StudiesChapter 21: Addiction: Critical Reflections on a Debated Concept - Helen KeaneChapter 22: Learning to live with ‘Big Fat Words’? An exploration of the dominant concepts applied to problem drug and alcohol use - Shane Butler and Paula MayockChapter 23: The Increasing Visibility of Gender in the Alcohol and Drug Fields - Geoffrey Hunt, Tamar Antin, Jeanett Bjønness and Elizabeth EttorreChapter 24: Ethnicity and drug policy in the USA - Bill SandersChapter 25: Social class and deprivation - Angus BancroftChapter 26: Maturing on a high: an analysis of trends, prevalence and patterns of recreational drug use in middle and older adulthood - Lisa Williams and Rebecca AskewChapter 27: Sex work, illicit drug use and the risk environment - Lisa Maher Chapter 28: Homelessness and Substance Use - Betsy Thom and Carmen AceijasChapter 29: The prison population and illegal drug use - Karen Duke and Torsten KolindChapter 30: User perspectives - Bagga Bjerge, Caral Brown and Glenda DanielsChapter 31: The Relevance of Western Research to Developing Countries: Narrowing the North-South Divide in Drug Policy and Practice - Isidore Silas ObotChapter 32: The relevance of ‘Western’ alcohol research and policy to developing countries - Clare HerrickChapter 33: What’s So ‘New’ About New Psychoactive Substances? Definitions, prevalence, motivations, user groups and a proposed new taxonomy - Fiona Measham and Russell NewcombeChapter 34: The decriminalization of drugs - Henry H. BrownsteinChapter 35: The limits of evidence-based practice in the pursuit of specific treatment efficacy - Anders Bergmark and Lena HübnerChapter 36: Public health approaches to substance use: a critique - Susanne MacGregorChapter 37: Illegal Street Economies and Drugs: Getting involved, skilled, and trying to quit - Philip LalanderChapter 38: Legal economies: The role of the alcohol industry - Jacek Moskalewicz and Lukasz WieczorekChapter 39: Natures, Cultures and Bodies of Cannabis - Cameron Duff