Background
Lowney, Jeremiah was born on July 7, 1939 in Butte, Montana, United States. Son of Jeremiah Michael Lowney and Rita Marie Mahoney.
(In 1970, sociologist Jeremiah Lowney began researching a ...)
In 1970, sociologist Jeremiah Lowney began researching a group of surfers called the "Wall Gang" in a small community of drug and alcohol users on Golden Beach in San Diego, California. Stoned, Drunk, or Sober? is the culmination of Lowney's thirty-eight years of intensive non-participant observation of seventy-two surfers. This book offers a rare look at various qualitative techniques employed to understand alcohol and drug use. Lowney utilizes basic quantitative statistical data to complement and verify the qualitative findings, thereby providing a deeper understanding than if only one or the other had been used. Because it spans so many years, Lowney's longitudinal research offers readers an opportunity to fully grasp the various factors that contribute to substance abuse, the various paths used to overcome the severe consequences of addiction, and the histories of those who did not use drugs, those who did, and those who are now "free and sober."
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Lowney, Jeremiah was born on July 7, 1939 in Butte, Montana, United States. Son of Jeremiah Michael Lowney and Rita Marie Mahoney.
Bachelor in Social Science, San Diego State University, 1972. Master of Arts in Sociology, San Diego State University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Kentucky, 1976.
Master of Divinity in Theology, Catholic University America, 1988.
Assistant professor sociology University Richmond, Virginia, 1973—1976. Associate professor sociology Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, 1976—1982, Carroll College, Helena, Montana, since 1989. Consultant Helena Pre-Release Center, Helena Juvenile Probation.
Presenter, particpant Oxford University Oniel College, England, 2004. Visiting lecturer Jinan University, Shandong, China, since 2004. Chaplain Montana State Senate, 2005.
(In 1970, sociologist Jeremiah Lowney began researching a ...)
Appointed member Montana Youth Justice Council, since 2005. Member of Pacific Sociological Association, Society for the Study of Social Problems, American Sociological Association.