Title
Heroin, Deviance and Morality
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
1980
Document Type
Book
Subjects
Heroin; Substance-Related Disorders; Morals
Disciplines
Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
Citation: Lidz CW and Walker AL: Heroin, Deviance and Morality. Beverly Hills, CA, Sage Publications, Inc., 1980. ISBN 0803915497, 9780803915497.
Summary: Examines the data on drug abuse in the late Sixties and early Seventies and concludes that there was probably no significant increase in the use of heroin. The crisis of drug abuse that many Americans perceived at the time was in fact a crisis of politics and morality. These findings lead the authors to fascinating and important revisions of theories of labelling and deviance.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations
Repository Citation
Lidz, Charles W. and Walker, Andrew L., "Heroin, Deviance and Morality" (1980). Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations. 118.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/118
