Swimming with Crocodiles

Edited by Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham, this newest, ninth volume in the ICAP Book Series on Alcohol in Society examines extreme drinking among young people around the world. The authors explore the factors that motivate extreme drinking behaviour, cultural contexts, prevention and policy. Included are also results of focus groups conducted with young people in Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom

Marjana Martinic, PhD, is Vice President for Public Health at the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP, U.S.A.). She has published extensively in the fields of neuroscience and alcohol policy. Her previous book, Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective (2004; co-authored with Barbara Leigh), is volume seven in the ICAP Book Series on Alcohol in Society. Fiona Measham, PhD, was appointed to Lancaster University (U.K) in 2000 and is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Applied Social Science. She has over 20 years of experience publishing in the fields of alcohol and drug studies, gender, licensed leisure, and cultural criminology.

Editors. Contributors. Martinic, Measham, A Case for the Term "Extreme Drinking." Measham, A History of Intoxication: Changing Attitudes to Drunkenness and Excess in the United Kingdom. Nahoum-Grappe, Beyond Boundaries: Youth and the Dream of the Extreme. Choquet, Case Study: Drinking Among Young People in France. Leigh, Lee, What Motivates Extreme Drinking? Measham, Case Study: Drinking Among Young People in the United Kingdom. Focus Group Results. Gorgulho, Da Ros, Brazil. Newman, China. Tempesta, Italy. Odejide, Omigbodun, Ajuwon, Makanjuola, Bamgboye, Oshiname, Nigeria. Koshkina, Russia. Makan, South Africa. March, United Kingdom (Scotland). Leverton, Evans, Stakeholders and Their Roles. Martinic, Alexander, Extreme Drinking, Young People, and Feasible Policy. Pérez-Fragero, Case Study: Botellón in Spain. Gorgulho, Tamendarova, Tackling Extreme Drinking in Young People: Feasible Interventions. Kilmer, Larimer, Case Study: United States: Drinking Among Sorority and Fraternity Students. Martinic, Measham, Afterword. Annex 1: Procedures for Focus Groups on Extreme Drinking. Annex 2: Guiding Questions for Focus Groups. Index.