Stations of the Lost: The Treatment of Skid Row Alcoholics - Softcover

Wiseman, Jacqueline P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226903079 ISBN 13: 9780226903071

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1979

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Jacqueline P. Wiseman is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. She has contributed articles to numerous publications, including The Encyclopedic Handbook of Alcoholism, Family Study Review Yearbook, and The Family in Change.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0226903079
• ISBN 13: 9780226903071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368