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Dei, Kojo Adonten.

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Illicit drugs and minority youths in a low-income urban neighborhood.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Illicit drugs and minority youths in a low-income urban neighborhood./
Author:	Dei, Kojo Adonten.
Description:	376 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-02, Section: A, page: 0497.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International58-02A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9723784
ISBN:	9780591326758

Illicit drugs and minority youths in a low-income urban neighborhood.
Dei, Kojo Adonten.

Illicit drugs and minority youths in a low-income urban neighborhood. - 376 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-02, Section: A, page: 0497.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1996.

This study seeks to enhance our understanding of the widespread use and distribution of illicit drugs by Black youths through an examination of the sociocultural context. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in a low-income urban neighborhood, "Southside," it focuses on three themes: community ambivalence toward drugs which allows Black youths to become involved with drugs; the harsh economic conditions which undermine parental authority and promote community ambivalence; and social interaction between the youths and their significant adults.

ISBN: 9780591326758Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

Illicit drugs and minority youths in a low-income urban neighborhood.
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520 $a The Southside has few recreational facilities or programs to engage its youth. When school is out, most youngsters are idle because there are no jobs to employ them. In addition to the lack of jobs and recreation, youths become involved with drugs because significant adults in their lives are ambivalent about drugs. With the exception of sanctions against crack, there are few, in any, informal sanctions against the sale or use of illicit drugs. Most parents in this neighborhood wish that their children would not get involved with drugs. However, unable to meet the needs and desires of their youngsters--for example, by giving them an adequate weekly allowance--many mothers, in particular, turn a blind eye to their children's involvement with drugs.
520 $a Five case studies involving two African Americans, two Jamaicans, and one young adult of both African American and West Indian parentage form the core of this study. With the exception of the latter, all of the youngsters, to varying degrees, use and/or sell illicit drugs. For 18 months (from June 1990 until December 1991) these youngsters and their significant adults were observed and interviewed on numerous occasions. Open-ended interviews were used to gain insight into their lives and to encourage them to respond to questions about drugs. Not only do the responses reflect the individual's attitude toward drugs, but collectively they illustrate the neighborhood's perception of drugs. The community's view of drugs is a crucial element of the sociocultural context of drugs and helps to shape the individual's pattern of drug use.
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