This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention.

Included are sections on Theoretical and Empirical Foundations, Social Contexts of Prevention, Prevention as Social Control, Special Populations, Research Design and a Look at the Future.

Historical Overview.- The Emerging Science of Drug Abuse Prevention.- Social Contexts of Prevention.- Effective Mass Media Strategies for Drug Abuse Prevention Campaigns.- Drug Abuse Prevention Curricula in Schools.- Dissemination of Research-Based Family Interventions for the Prevention of Substance Abuse.- Peers and the Prevention of Adolescent Drug Use.- Mobilizing Communities To Reduce Risk for Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Two Strategies.- Community-Focused Drug Abuse Prevention.- Drug Abuse Prevention in the Workplace.- Prevention Approaches in Methadone Treatment Settings: Children of Drug Abuse Treatment Clients.- Prevention as Social Control.- Drug Tests in Prevention Research.- Anti-Drug-Abuse Policies as Prevention Strategies.- Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Prevention.- Forging a Relationship between Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Drug Abuse Prevention.- Risk and Protective Factors of Adolescent Drug Use: Implications for Prevention Programs.- Bridging the Gap betweenSubstance Use Prevention Theory and Practice.- Preventive Intervention Targeting Precursors.- Designing Prevention Programs: The Developmental Perspective.- Special Populations.- Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention.- Preventing Substance Use among Latino Youth.- African-American Substance Use Epidemiology and Prevention Issues.- The Effectiveness of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention among American-Indian Youth.- Drug Abuse Prevention Research for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.- Interactions Between Biology and Social Context-Risks for Multiple Behavioral and Mental Disorders.- Basic Science and Drug Abuse Prevention: Neuroscience, Learning, and Personality Perspectives.- Cross-National Comparisons of Co-Morbidities between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Disorders.- Drug Prevention Research for High-Risk Youth.- Research Designs for Family Studies.- Research Design, Measurement, And Data Analytic Issues.- Design Principles and Their Application in Preventive Field Trials.- Major Data Analysis Issues in Drug Abuse Prevention Research.- Methodological Considerations in Prevention Research.- Prevention Program Implementation.- Family Management Practices: Research Design and Measurement Issues.- Power Analysis Models and Methods: A Latent Variable Framework for Power Estimation and Analysis.- Drug Abuse Prevention: A Look into the Future.- Application of Computer Technology to Drug Abuse Prevention.- Putting Science into Practice.