Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21860/j.14.2.2
The perception of Social Control and Marijuana Use Among Zagreb Students
Nikša Dubreta
; Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Erik Brezovec
; Fakultet hrvatskih studija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Fran Miškić
; Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Abstract
This paper examines the analytical usability of Hirschi’s and Becker’s mechanisms of social control of deviance for the phenomena of using marijuana in the population of students in Zagreb. The results of a quantitative study that aims to determine whether users differ from non-users in their perception of theoretically formulated mechanisms of social control of marijuana use - availability, secrecy, attachment, dedication, involvement, beliefs, and morality are presented here. It has been found that users and non-users only differ in dimensions of morality and beliefs, and that both groups perceive secrecy as an important mechanism of social control for marijuana use. The perception of other mechanisms does not suggest that they influence the attitudes and practices of marijuana consumption among students, and leaves room to consider the use of marijuana in terms of socially tolerable forms of deviance
Keywords
social control; marijuana use; deviance; students
Hrčak ID:
314480
URI
Publication date:
22.2.2024.
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