NCJ Number
3247
Date Published
1971
Length
125 pages
Annotation
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT INTO THE NATURE OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLING.
Abstract
FIRST, IT STUDIES WHO THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS ARE - WHAT REGULARITIES OF PERSONALITY OR SELF-CONCEPT THEY EXHIBIT, HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, HOW THEY ORGANIZE THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO GAMBLE, HOW, WHEN AND WHERE THEY GAMBLE, WHAT SORTS OF PROBLEMS GAMBLING CREATES, AND HOW THEY SOLVE THEM. SECOND, IT INVESTIGATES THE ELEMENTS WHICH FIGURE IN THE CURE OR REFORM OF THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLER. THE METHOD IS OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEWING OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS AND THEIR WIVES. REFERENCES AND APPENDICES INCLUDED.