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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253342203321

Autore

Donovan Pamela

Titolo

Drink Spiking and Predatory Drugging : A Modern History / / by Pamela Donovan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137575173

1137575174

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

364.36

Soggetti

Criminology

Criminal law

Medicine - History

Sociology

Public health

Juvenile delinquents

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law

History of Medicine

Public Health

Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter One. Chloral and its Sisters: Synthetic Genesis and Parallel Demon -- Chapter 2. Good Girls, Hyenas, and Cheap Novel Fiends: The Scourge of Chloral at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. Baby, It's Cold War Outside: An Era of Pharma-Ubiquity -- Chapter 4. A 'New'Problem Appears in the 1990s: The Birth of the Contemporary Date-Rape Drugs Scare -- Chapter 5. Who and Where are the Druggers?< -- Chapter 6. What Do We Know (and Not Know) About Predatory Drugging? -- Chapter 7. Drugs, Drinking, College, and Warding Off Blame -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses common perceptions about drink-spiking, a pervasive fear for many and sometimes a troubling reality. Ideas about



spiked drinks have shaped the way we think about drugs, alcohol, criminal law, risk, nightspots, and socializing for over one hundred and fifty years, since the rise of modern anaesthesia and synthetic 'pharma-ubiquity'. The book offers a wide-ranging look at the constantly shifting cultural and gender politics of 'psycho-chemical treachery'. It provides rich case histories, assesses evolving scientific knowledge, and analyses the influence of social forces as disparate as Temperance and the acid enthusiasts of the 1960s. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the book will be of great interest to upper-level students and scholars of criminal law, forensic science, public health, and social movements.