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What were your parents doing back then? : youth and drugs in a Southern California beach community from 1970 into the 21st century / Jeremiah Lowney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowney, Jeremiah, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--California--San Diego--Social conditions--Longitudinal studies.
- Youth.
- Youth--Drug use--California--San Diego--Longitudinal studies.
- Counterculture--California--San Diego.
- Counterculture.
- Youth--Drug use.
- Social conditions.
- California--San Diego.
- Genre:
- Longitudinal studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 456 pages : forms ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]
- Summary:
- What Were Your Parents Doing Back Then? is a comprehensive, in-depth study of teen drug and alcohol abuse that begins in the "hip" days of the 1970's, travels through the economic boom of the 1990's, and continues on until the present time. Lowney combines qualitative, descriptive research with statistical quantitative data over a 31-year period to present a human understanding of young people's drug use.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Origins of the Research & Origins of the Wall Gang 3
- The Role of Researcher Is Introduced & the Group Becomes Known as a "Gang" 5
- The Complementary Nature of Interventionist and Researcher Roles 7
- Role Conflict & Resolution 9
- Chapter 2 The Wall Gang - 1971-72 11
- Lack of Formal Gang Organization 11
- Family Background 12
- Relationships with the Opposite Sex 17
- The Use of Drugs 19
- The Use of Drugs by Gang Members as Opposed to Other Youths 21
- Chapter 3 Changes Occur & Trends Develop 25
- The Wall Gang - Highs & Lows 27
- Arrests 30
- Police Action & Interactions 40
- Those Who Were "Doing Well" 42
- "Praise the Lord! I've Been Born Again!" 43
- Chapter 4 A More Systematic & In-Depth Research Project Begins 47
- Theories 48
- Chapter 5 Details of Methodology or "How Can We Accept What you Say?" 57
- The Setting of the Research 58
- Personal Factors That Affected the Research 61
- The Stages of the Research 64
- Presentation of the Data 93
- Chapter 6 Everyday Life in the Golden Beach Subculture, 1975-1976 97
- Changes in Golden Beach That Affected the Drug Subculture 98
- The Wall Gang, 1975-1976 99
- The Wall "Crew," 1975-1976 106
- The Overall Drug Subculture, 1975-1976 110
- Theft & Violence 129
- Parties 131
- Rock Concerts 140
- The "Trio" 144
- Chapter 7 Where Are Your Children Today & Tonight? The Life World of Golden Beach Youth 117
- The Beach, Summer Days, 1975 147
- The Beach, After Dark, The Summer of 1975 153
- Golden Beach Youth During the School Year 162
- Weekends During the School Year - Daytime Hours 166
- Weekends During the School Year - Evenings 167
- Interactions Between the Adult World & the Youth Subculture 179
- The Patterns of Behavior & the Theories under Consideration 186
- Chapter 8 Theories: Family & Peers 193
- The Family 194
- Sexual Identity & Sexual Problems 206
- An Examination of the Overall Data in Support of the McCord-Chein Model 220
- An Examination of the Same Data in Support of Social Control Theories 222
- Social Control & Differential Association Theories 222
- Conclusions Regarding the Relationships between Peer & Family Factors 243
- Chapter 9 Five Families & A "Super-Mom" 247
- The Dunn Family 247
- The Roe Family 248
- The Bayer Family 250
- The Jones Family 252
- The Gilroy Family 255
- Chapter 10 Dichotomies, 1976-1980 269
- Early Reports, 1976-1977 269
- Christmas Break, 1976-1977 277
- The Summer of 1977 282
- 1978-1980, Some Changes & More of the Same 304
- Christmas Break, 1978 309
- 1979 & on to 1980 310
- Chapter 11 The Early 1980s - Lots of Dope & Rays of Hope 313
- The Old Wall Gang 315
- The Five Families 316
- The "Younger" Wall Crew 317
- The Females 321
- Some Other Trends of "Doing Well" among Males 322
- And, Those Who Are Struggling 323
- Some New Faces 324
- The Parties and the Beach, Summer, 1981 325
- Between Visits, 1981-1983 329
- Summer, 1983 331
- 1984-1985 335
- Chapter 12 The Late 1980s & Early 1990s - Keeping Contacts, Priesthood & Applying the Findings 337
- 1985-1987 338
- A "Bombshell" 341
- "You Are a Priest Forever" 342
- Youth Ministry or "Applying What You Have Learned from Golden Beach" 343
- And, Back at the Beach 344
- Chapter 13 Where Are They Now? 1996 - 2001 347
- Golden Beach & The Beach Scene into the 21st Century 348
- 1996 351
- 1997 360
- 1998 369
- 1999 372
- 2000-Into the New Millennium 376
- Christmas Break, 2000-2001 391
- The Year 2001 394
- A Final Visit to California 396
- Summary, Conclusions & Learning from the Past 405
- The Importance of Family 407
- Father, Father Figures & Damaging Father Figures 408
- Mothers 409
- The Long Term Effects of Family Factors 410
- Patterns of Change in Drug Use 412
- Changes in Law & Law Enforcement 414
- The Effectiveness of External Control Efforts & and Internal Controls 415
- What Can We Do? 418.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-452) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761821236
- OCLC:
- 47838533
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