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Drugs in American society
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published as part of the Law and Order series by Transaction Books; all of the material contained originally appeared in Soczety (Transactton) Magaztne. Topics covered by the articles include: law and order, equal protection, criminal lawyers, debtors, women and the law, alcoholism, lawyers for the poor, insanity defenses, juvenile justtce, pornography, and police corruption in New York City. A select bibliography and notes of the various contributors are also included. Paroled But Not Free by Rosemary J. Erickson, Connett.
Wayman J. Crow, Louis A. Zurcher, and Archie V.
Behavioral Publications (2852 Broadway-Morningside 1973, 129 pp., paperback-$4.95.
Heights,
New York, New York 10025),
This book reports a study of paroled ex-felons as they encounter life outside after years in prison. The purpose of the study was to use ex-offenders as the primary resource in determining what parolees believe to be their rehabilitation needs. Therefore, sixty parolees, a representative sample of those on parole in San Diego County, were systematically interviewed in depth by a research-trained team of exfelons. The book is arranged as the study was conducted: the parolee’s stories are presented first, in their own words, and then suggestions for relating their ideas to theoretical perspectives are made. Recommendations of the offender are integrated with those who administer the criminal justice system. Twelve tables, references, an appendix of the survey method, and an index are included. Drugs in American Society by Erich Goode. Alfred A. Iinopf, Inc. (201 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022), 1972, 260 pp., paperback. This book is a sociological approach to the understanding of the drug problem in the United States. Goode, a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, advocates such an approach to the problem because he states that the social context of drug use determinesdrug definitions, drug effects, drug related behavior, and the drug experience. Other approaches would, therefore, not be as accurate and direct in the study of the problem. Chapters cover the following topics: the sociological perspective on drug use; marijuana; the marijuana controversy; the psychedelics or hallucinogens; stimulants and depressants; heroin and the narcotics; and drugs and the law. A conclusion analyzes how drug use can be controlled, and an appendix discusses whether marijuana leads to dangerous drugs. Both an author and subject index are included for ease in reference and extenstve citations are included for each chapter. The Police Academy: An Inside View by Richard N. Harris. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (605 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016), 1973, 202 pp., hardcover. This book was written from research done by the author for his doctoral dissertation in sociology. It presents a participant-observer’s observations and sociological analysis of the training that recruits receive in the police academy of a large, unnamed rural-urban county. The book is divided into seven major sections: Police and the Moral Division of Labor The Setting Defensiveness
PUBLICATIONS ABSTRACT
371
published as part of the Law and Order series by Transaction Books; all of the material contained originally appeared in Soczety (Transactton) Magaztne. Topics covered by the articles include: law and order, equal protection, criminal lawyers, debtors, women and the law, alcoholism, lawyers for the poor, insanity defenses, juvenile justtce, pornography, and police corruption in New York City. A select bibliography and notes of the various contributors are also included. Paroled But Not Free by Rosemary J. Erickson, Connett.
Wayman J. Crow, Louis A. Zurcher, and Archie V.
Behavioral Publications (2852 Broadway-Morningside 1973, 129 pp., paperback-$4.95.
Heights,
New York, New York 10025),
This book reports a study of paroled ex-felons as they encounter life outside after years in prison. The purpose of the study was to use ex-offenders as the primary resource in determining what parolees believe to be their rehabilitation needs. Therefore, sixty parolees, a representative sample of those on parole in San Diego County, were systematically interviewed in depth by a research-trained team of exfelons. The book is arranged as the study was conducted: the parolee’s stories are presented first, in their own words, and then suggestions for relating their ideas to theoretical perspectives are made. Recommendations of the offender are integrated with those who administer the criminal justice system. Twelve tables, references, an appendix of the survey method, and an index are included. Drugs in American Society by Erich Goode. Alfred A. Iinopf, Inc. (201 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022), 1972, 260 pp., paperback. This book is a sociological approach to the understanding of the drug problem in the United States. Goode, a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, advocates such an approach to the problem because he states that the social context of drug use determinesdrug definitions, drug effects, drug related behavior, and the drug experience. Other approaches would, therefore, not be as accurate and direct in the study of the problem. Chapters cover the following topics: the sociological perspective on drug use; marijuana; the marijuana controversy; the psychedelics or hallucinogens; stimulants and depressants; heroin and the narcotics; and drugs and the law. A conclusion analyzes how drug use can be controlled, and an appendix discusses whether marijuana leads to dangerous drugs. Both an author and subject index are included for ease in reference and extenstve citations are included for each chapter. The Police Academy: An Inside View by Richard N. Harris. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (605 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016), 1973, 202 pp., hardcover. This book was written from research done by the author for his doctoral dissertation in sociology. It presents a participant-observer’s observations and sociological analysis of the training that recruits receive in the police academy of a large, unnamed rural-urban county. The book is divided into seven major sections: Police and the Moral Division of Labor The Setting Defensiveness