Boeri, Miriam.

Women on ice : methamphetamine use among suburban women / Miriam Boeri. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2013. - xvi, 231 p. ; 25 cm.. - Critical issues in crime and society .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) 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.

9780813554600 9780813554594 9780813554617 (e-book)

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Women--Drug use.
Methamphetamine abuse.
Women drug addicts.
Drug addiction--Treatment.

HV5824.W6 / W64 2013

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