Stations of the Lost : The Treatment of Skid Row Alcoholics
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226903079
ISBN-13
9780226903071
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 1979
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
2.30 x 1.50 x 0.20 cms
Product Classification:
Slavery & abolition of slaverySociology & anthropology
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When first published in 1970, Stations of the Lost won the C. Wright Mills Award for Best Book in the Area of Social Problems. The study considers the Skid Row alcoholic from two points of view, that of the alcoholic himself and that of the agents of social control who treat him. A major discovery of Wiseman's research was that Skid Row men spend only about one third of the year on Skid Row. The rest of the time is spent "making the loop"—going from Skid Row to city jail, to county jail, to the state mental hospital, to the missions, and back to Skid Row. While these facilities are designed to handle or rehabilitate Skid Row men, they are actually used by these men as a means of survival.
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