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Title: | Control attitudes and perceptions of drug use: An exploratory study |
Authors: | Stylianou, Stelios |
Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences |
Field Category: | Media and Communications |
Keywords: | Offense;Penalty;Punitive attitudes |
Issue Date: | Jul-2004 |
Source: | Sociological Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 4, July-August 2004, Pages 427-452 |
Journal: | Sociological Spectrum |
Abstract: | Control attitudes represent opinions about the formal or informal control of a behavior by society. This study investigates control attitudes toward drug use based on data from semistructured in-depth interviews. The analysis shows that control attitudes toward drug use consist of a normative component(philosophical principles)and a perceptive component(perceptions of harm and perceptions of immorality). In particular, control attitudes are shaped by combinations of(1)libertarian principles and perceptions of harm to others,(2)paternalistic principles and perceptions of self-harm, and(3)moralistic principles and perceptions of immorality. The implications of the results in the study of normative culture are discussed. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14500 |
ISSN: | 02732173 |
DOI: | 10.1080/02732170490459476 |
Type: | Article |
Affiliation : | Intercollege |
Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
Appears in Collections: | Άρθρα/Articles |
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