Abstract
Substance abuse was once thought to be the “poor man’s disease,” but is now perceived as a potential condition of anyone regardless of their social affiliation, gender (although the focus of this book is male drug abusers or race. For decades, many viewed drug problems as characteristic of the lower strata of society and considered it far from being a middle class problem.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Gideon, L. (2010). Theoretical Framework. In: Substance Abusing Inmates. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09806-7_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09806-7_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-09805-0
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-09806-7
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawSocial Sciences (R0)