03908nam 2200709 a 450 991045294680332120200520144314.01-283-87209-90-8135-5461-610.36019/9780813554617(CKB)2550000000707554(EBL)1095672(OCoLC)824698862(SSID)ssj0000801209(PQKBManifestationID)11957537(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801209(PQKBWorkID)10793357(PQKB)11042831(MiAaPQ)EBC1095672(MdBmJHUP)muse18910(DE-B1597)526041(DE-B1597)9780813554617(Au-PeEL)EBL1095672(CaPaEBR)ebr10635021(CaONFJC)MIL418459(EXLCZ)99255000000070755420120405d2013 uy 0engurcn|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWomen on ice[electronic resource] methamphetamine use among suburban women /Miriam BoeriNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20131 online resource (xvii, 236 pages) illustrationsCritical Issues in Crime and SocietyCritical issues in crime and societyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8135-5460-8 0-8135-5459-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Methamphetamine : the perfect drug for suburban women -- Ethnographic research : exploring methamphetamine use in the suburbs -- The gendered drug career : initiation and progression in methamphetamine use -- Gendered lives : combining work and family with drug-using roles -- Gendered risks : health and infectious diseases -- Gendered risks : violence and crime -- The revolving door : treatment, recovery, and relapse -- Policy implications.Methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shard) has been called epidemic in the United States. Yet few communities were ready for increased use of methamphetamine by suburban women. Women on Ice is the first book to study exclusively the lives of women who use the drug and its effects on their families. In-depth interviews with women in the suburban counties of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. chronicle the details of their initiation into methamphetamine, the turning points into problematic drug use, and for a few, their escape from lives veering out of control. Their life course and drug careers are analyzed in relation to the intersecting influences of social roles, relationships, social/political structures, and political trends. Examining the effects of punitive drug policy, inadequate social services, and looming public health risks, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C, the book gives voice to women silenced by shame. Boeri introduces new and developing concepts in the field of addiction studies and proposes policy changes to more broadly implement initiatives that address the problems these women face. She asserts that if we are concerned that the war on drugs is a war on drug users, this book will alert us that it is also a war on suburban families.Critical Issues in Crime and SocietyWomenDrug useMethamphetamine abuseWomen drug addictsDrug addictionTreatmentElectronic books.WomenDrug use.Methamphetamine abuse.Women drug addicts.Drug addictionTreatment.362.29/952082091733Boeri Miriam1038691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452946803321Women on ice2460435UNINA