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Race, Class, Gender and Crime Community Syllabus

Addiction

Below is a collection of resources that you may use to learn about the different populations of people and what types of addictions there are. You will find academic journals, documentaries, and non-profit organizations that give information over different populations and the different kinds of addictions there are.

Suggested Readings

  • Batchelder, A. W., Glynn, T. R., Moskowitz, J. T., Neilands, T. B., Dilworth, S., Rodriguez, S. L., & Carrico, A. W. (2022). The shame spiral of addiction: Negative self-conscious emotion and substance use. PLoS ONE, 17(3), 1–17.
  • Bersamin, M., Paschall, M. J., & Fisher, D. A. (2017). School-based health centers and adolescent substance use: Moderating effects of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Journal of School Health, 87(11), 850–857.
  • Carbonneau, R., Vitaro, F., & Tremblay, R. E. (2018). School adjustment and substance use in early adolescent boys: Association with paternal alcoholism with and without dad in the home. Journal of Early Adolescence, 38(7), 1008–1035.
  • Forster, M., Grigsby, T. J., Bunyan, A., Unger, J. B., & Valente, T. W. (2015). The protective role of school friendship ties for substance use and aggressive behaviors among middle school students. Journal of School Health, 85(2), 82–89. 23
  • Katlin, L. J. (2009). Men and Addictions: New Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Kauffman, S. E., Silver, P., & Poulin, J. (1997). Gender differences in attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Social Work, 42(3), 231–241.
  • Montgomery, L., & Webb Hooper, M. (2020). Gender differences in the association between marijuana and menthol cigarette use among African American adult cigarette smokers. Substance Use & Misuse, 55(8), 1335–1342.

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Discussion Questions

  1. What different types of addictions are there?
  2. Why are people inclined to abuse different substances?
  3. What can be done to help with decreasing the numbers of addictions?
  4. Why are different populations more prone to addiction than others?
  5. What other factors, other than race, gender, and crime, matter when it comes to addiction, if any?