Alcohol Abuse and the Elderly: Social Control and Conformity

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Peck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociology Of Deviance ◽  
Alcohol Use And Abuse

Alcohol use and abuse by aging, or aged, persons has been frequently overlooked in both gerontological literature and alcohol literature. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review some of the demographics of aging in the United States, some of the demographics of alcohol abuse in the United States, and, primarily, to offer a specific theoretical approach from the sociology of deviance literature toward understanding aging and alcohol abuse.

scholarly journals Accounting for Changes in Alcohol Use and Abuse in the United States

SAGE Open ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401245974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Linkenbach ◽  
Douglas J. Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alcohol Use And Abuse

Effects of Sex, Religion, and Amount of Alcohol Consumption on Self-Reported Drinking-Related Problem Behaviors

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 983-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Carlucci ◽  
Jay Genova ◽  
Fran Rubackin ◽  
Randi Rubackin ◽  
Wesley A. Kayson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Related Problem ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Alcohol Related Problem

The effect of sex, religion, and amount of alcohol consumed on the number of self-reported alcohol-related problem behaviors was examined for 331 students who were approached on three Eastern United States campuses and asked to complete anonymously a questionnaire reporting the number of drinking-related problem behaviors. It was hypothesized that Catholics, men, and people who drank more would report more problem behaviors. A 2 × 3 × 4 factorial analysis of variance with unequal ns showed all three hypotheses were confirmed, but no significant interactions were found. Given the enormity of the problem of alcohol abuse in the United States, further research examining alcohol use and the associated problem behaviors is essential.

Catheter Ablation in the Elderly in the United States: Use in the Medicare Population from 1991 to 1998

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER N. SMITH ◽  
HUMBERTO VIDAILLET ◽  
PARAM P. SHARMA ◽  
JOHN J. HAYES ◽  
JOHN R. SCHMELZER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medicare Population

scholarly journals Foucault, prison, and human rights: A dialectic of theory and criminal justice reform

2021 ◽  
pp. 136248062110159
Author(s):  
Mugambi Jouet
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform ◽  
Penal Reform ◽  
Foucauldian Theory ◽  
Prison Abolition ◽  
Abolition Movement

Michel Foucault’s advocacy toward penal reform in France differed from his theories. Although Foucault is associated with the prison abolition movement, he also proposed more humane prisons. The article reframes Foucauldian theory through a dialectic with the theories of Marc Ancel, a prominent figure in the emergence of liberal sentencing norms in France. Ancel and Foucault were contemporaries whose legacies are intertwined. Ancel defended more benevolent prisons where experts would rehabilitate offenders. This evokes exactly what Discipline and Punish cast as an insidious strategy of social control. In reality, Foucault and Ancel converged in intriguing ways. The dialectic offers another perspective on Foucault, whose theories have fostered skepticism about the possibility of progress. While mass incarceration’s rise in the United States may evoke a Foucauldian dystopia, the relative development of human rights and dignity in European punishment reflects aspirations that Foucault embraced as an activist concerned about fatalistic interpretations of his theories.

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