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Illegal Leisure (Adolescence and Society Series) [Paperback]

Judith Aldridge (Author), Fiona Measham (Author), Howard Parker (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0415158109 | ISBN-13: 978-0415158107 | Publication Date: September 16, 1998 | Edition: 1

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.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 16, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415158109
ISBN-13: 978-0415158107
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
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In this opening chapter we describe the persuasive evidence that far more young people from all social backgrounds are trying a range of illicit drugs. Read the first page

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drug triers, anomalous reporting, sessional consumption, former triers, usual drinking frequency, last drinking occasion, sessional drinking, normalisation thesis, core cohort, weekly drinkers, drugs pathways, current drug users, favourite drug, designer drinks, regular drug use, drugs careers, young drug users, pathway group, dance drugs, drug status, recreational drug use, drugs status, listed drugs, young drinkers, drugs stories

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Tackling Drugs Together, Research Councils, Current Former In Cohort, Health Education Authority, Daily Mail, John Major

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The 1992 British Crime Survey: A Home Office Research and Planning Unit Report (Research Studies) by Patricia Mayhew in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Nature of Adolescence. 3e (Adolescence and Society Series) by John C. Coleman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Drink and the Victorians by Brian Harrison in Back Matter
Persistent Young Offenders (PSI Research Report) by Tim Newburn in Back Matter
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Ulrich Beck in Back Matter

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