Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sloboda, Zili (Editor), Bukoski, William J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Epidemiology.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Public Health.; Personality and Social Psychology.
• Physical Description: XXVIII, 692 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780387354088
• ISSN: 1389-6903

This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention. Included are sections on Theoretical and Empirical Foundations, Social Contexts of Prevention, Prevention as Social Control, Special Populations, Research Design and a Look at the Future.