{"product_id":"9780874173680","title":"Futures at Stake: Youth, Gambling, and Society","description":"The widespread legalization of gambling across the U.S. has produced concerns for serious social, economic, and health problems. For the first time in this country, an entire generation of young people has reached adulthood within a context of approval and endorsement of gambling as a source of entertainment and recreation. Compared with their adult counterparts, these young people have evidenced a higher level of gambling related problems. In \u003ci\u003eFutures at Stake\u003c\/i\u003e, specialists in psychology, medicine, law, public health, economics, casino management, psychiatry, and criminal justice examine this problem from the perspective of their various disciplines, producing an intelligent, thought-provoking, and valuable survey of what is fast becoming a leading social-health problem across the nation.  \u003cp\u003e  The chapters range from discussions of the pathology and treatment of gambling addictions, the legal ramifications of youth gambling, and the social and economic impacts of this problem to the efforts of the casino industry to limit access and appeal to juveniles, future prospects of youth gambling, and possible ways to control the problem. Overall, \u003ci\u003eFutures at Stake\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broadly focused discussion of one of legalized gambling's ugliest and most damaging side effects. The book is essential reading for health-care professionals, educators, casino-industry managers, and anyone interested in this growing threat to the nation's youth.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  Tom Brosig, original founder and president of Grand Casinos and past president of the Mid-South region for Park Place Entertainment Corporation  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Terry Crites, associate professor and chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Northern Arizona University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Thomas N. Cummings, past executive director and founder of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling Inc.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  William R. Eadington, professor of economics and director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Joanna Franklin, president of the Maryland Council on Compulsive Gambling  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Elizabeth M. George, chief executive officer of the North American Training Institute and associate editor for program features for the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Gambling Studies\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Matthew N. Hall, project manager of the Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions' Project on Gambling and Health   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Durand F. Jacobs, professor of medicine (psychiatry) at the Loma Linda University Medical School  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Henry R. Lesieur, president of the Rhode Island Institute for Problem Gambling and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chase: Career of the Compulsive Gambler\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Joseph D. Malone, chairman of the Massachusetts Lottery Commission  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  I. Nelson Rose, professor at Whittier Law School and author of more than two hundred books and articles  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Sirgay Sanger, past president of the National Council on Problem Gambling and founder and director of the Harvard Padova Alliance for Medicine  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Philip G. Satre, chairman of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Howard J. Shaffer, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions, and editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Gambling Studies\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Eric Turner, senior vice-president of State Street Corporation and past executive director of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Lisa Vagge, clinical researcher focusing on initiation to gambling among youth as well as projects on alcohol dependence  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Joni Vander Bilt, research associate at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Wayne Yorke, director of Yorke Psychological Services and past director of the Eastern Region of the Nova Scotia Department of Health Drug Dependency   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Darryl Zitzow, clinical psychologist with the Indian Health Service within the Bemidji Area Offices of Northern Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nevada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022473543920,"sku":"9780874173680","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874173680_p0.jpg?v=1763836882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874173680","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}