Harry G. Levine

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Harry Gene Levine (* 1945 ) is an American sociologist . He is one of the representatives of social science addiction research .

Levine is Professor of Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York . He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley , and his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University . In research and teaching he is dedicated to drug policy in a historical context. He problematized that in connection with marijuana possession and trafficking in New York, disproportionately more young African American and Lations were persecuted and convicted than young whites, even though they had used less marijuana than the comparison group of whites.

Fonts (selection)

  • Demon of the middle class. Self-control, liquor, and the ideology of temperance in 19th century America . Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley, 1978.
  • Editor with Craig Reinarman : Crack in America. Demon drugs and social justice . University of California Press, Berkeley 1997, ISBN 0520202414
  • With Deborah Peterson Small: Marijuana arrest crusade. Racial bias and police policy in New York City 1997-2007 . New York Civil Liberties Union, New York 2008.
  • With Jon B Gettman and Loren Siegel: Targeting blacks for marijuana. Possession arrests of African Americans in California, 2004-08 . Drug Policy Alliance, New York 2010.

Translations into German

  • The Discovery of Addiction - Changing Perceptions of Drunkenness in North America . In: Gisela Völger and Karin von Welck (eds.): Rausch und Reality. Drugs in a culture comparison . Volume 1, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-499-34006-2 , pp. 212-224.
  • Temperance Movement and Prohibition in the USA . In: Gisela Völger and Karin von Welck (eds.): Rausch und Reality. Drugs in a culture comparison . Volume 1, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-499-34006-2 , pp. 241-251.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information based on: Harry G. Levine at Queens College, City University of New York .
personal data
SURNAME Levine, Harry G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levine, Harry Gene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and addiction researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1945