John C Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 123275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John C Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | John C |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Panel discussion
I have been working in methadone maintenance treatment programmes for many years, and there are some differences between that field and what we are discussing here.I think the concept of harm reduction, as Dr Henning field anticipated, is very useful in terms of encouraging discussion and debate, and brea king us loose, perhaps, from a preoccupation with smoking cessation.But other than that, I think the concept muddies the water tremen dously be…
The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Patients, Programs, Services, and Outcome
The work constitutes the most comprehensive evaluation of methadone maintenance treatment in the United States to date. Based upon three years of data collection at drug abuse treatment programs in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore, the study contains findings for 617 male intra- venous addicts, interviewed during and after six methadone programs. The major findings of the project concern the effectiveness of methadone maintenance in redu…
Reducing the Risk of Aids Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment
John C. Ball, W. Robert Lange, C. Patrick Myers, Samuel R. Friedman, Reducing the Risk of AIDS Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 214-226
Law and legal studies
(1984). Law and legal studies. Asian Studies Association of Australia. Review: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 31-44
Indonesian Legal History 1602-1848
Journal Article Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848 Get access Ball John, Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848. Sydney: Oughtershaw Press, 1982. viii, 274 pp. Bibliography, index. $A32.00. Daniel S. Lev Daniel S. Lev University of Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 28, Issue 4, October 1984, Pages 376–377, https://doi.org/10.2307/844784 Published: 01 October 1…
The Methadone Clinic: Function and Philosophy
Currently, methadone clinics are organised within two models, the metabolic and the psychotherapeutic. These models are seen to lack a completely successful opiate abuse therapy. A new model, the social psychiatric, is proposed to correct the deficiencies of these first two
The Status of Criminological Research in the Federal Government
There is a general absence of criminological research within the federal government. Three reasons are advanced to this neglect: (1) criminol ogy is generally considered to be a developing and untried discipline; (2) the legal profession is viewed as encompassing the study of criminal behavior; and (3) the scientific investigation of deviant behavior is perceived as threatening to basic values of society. Following considera tion of impediments t…
Communication and Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the Second Rutgers Symposium on Drug Abuse
The Long-Term Social Correlates of Opiate Addiction
A follow-up study was undertaken of former heroin addicts from Puerto Rico who had been federal prisoners at the U. S. Public Health Hospital in Lexington between 1935 and 1962. Extensive data were obtained for each subject including: a field interview, an urinalysis to check on addiction status, and a current FBI record. With these data, the long-term social correlates of heroin addiction were examined. First, drug use, arrests, and occupational…
Research and Methodology
Narcotic Addiction
Narcotic Addiction
Selected Social Characteristics of Consecutive Admissions To Lexington in 1965
The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States
Journal Article The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. P. Lau M. P. Lau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 45, Issue 1, September 1966, Pages 68–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/45.1.68 Published: 01 September 1966
Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts
Journal Article Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar William M. Bates William M. Bates Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Recorded Delinquency in a Metropolitan Area
Social Deviancy and Adolescent Personality: An Analytical Study with the MMPI
Reducing the Risk of Aids Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment
John C. Ball, W. Robert Lange, C. Patrick Myers, Samuel R. Friedman, Reducing the Risk of AIDS Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 214-226
The Long-Term Social Correlates of Opiate Addiction
A follow-up study was undertaken of former heroin addicts from Puerto Rico who had been federal prisoners at the U. S. Public Health Hospital in Lexington between 1935 and 1962. Extensive data were obtained for each subject including: a field interview, an urinalysis to check on addiction status, and a current FBI record. With these data, the long-term social correlates of heroin addiction were examined. First, drug use, arrests, and occupational…
Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts
Journal Article Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar William M. Bates William M. Bates Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Recorded Delinquency in a Metropolitan Area
The Status of Criminological Research in the Federal Government
There is a general absence of criminological research within the federal government. Three reasons are advanced to this neglect: (1) criminol ogy is generally considered to be a developing and untried discipline; (2) the legal profession is viewed as encompassing the study of criminal behavior; and (3) the scientific investigation of deviant behavior is perceived as threatening to basic values of society. Following considera tion of impediments t…
Selected Social Characteristics of Consecutive Admissions To Lexington in 1965
The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States
Journal Article The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. P. Lau M. P. Lau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 45, Issue 1, September 1966, Pages 68–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/45.1.68 Published: 01 September 1966
Social Deviancy and Adolescent Personality: An Analytical Study with the MMPI
Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Recorded Delinquency in a Metropolitan Area
Selected Social Characteristics of Consecutive Admissions To Lexington in 1965
The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States
Journal Article The Chinese Narcotic Addict in the United States Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. P. Lau M. P. Lau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 45, Issue 1, September 1966, Pages 68–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/45.1.68 Published: 01 September 1966
Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts
Journal Article Migration and Residential Mobility of Narcotic Drug Addicts Get access John C. Ball, John C. Ball Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar William M. Bates William M. Bates Addiction Research Center National Institute of Mental Health Lexington, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Research and Methodology
Narcotic Addiction
Narcotic Addiction
The Long-Term Social Correlates of Opiate Addiction
A follow-up study was undertaken of former heroin addicts from Puerto Rico who had been federal prisoners at the U. S. Public Health Hospital in Lexington between 1935 and 1962. Extensive data were obtained for each subject including: a field interview, an urinalysis to check on addiction status, and a current FBI record. With these data, the long-term social correlates of heroin addiction were examined. First, drug use, arrests, and occupational…
Communication and Drug Abuse: Proceedings of the Second Rutgers Symposium on Drug Abuse
The Status of Criminological Research in the Federal Government
There is a general absence of criminological research within the federal government. Three reasons are advanced to this neglect: (1) criminol ogy is generally considered to be a developing and untried discipline; (2) the legal profession is viewed as encompassing the study of criminal behavior; and (3) the scientific investigation of deviant behavior is perceived as threatening to basic values of society. Following considera tion of impediments t…
The Methadone Clinic: Function and Philosophy
Currently, methadone clinics are organised within two models, the metabolic and the psychotherapeutic. These models are seen to lack a completely successful opiate abuse therapy. A new model, the social psychiatric, is proposed to correct the deficiencies of these first two
Law and legal studies
(1984). Law and legal studies. Asian Studies Association of Australia. Review: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 31-44
Indonesian Legal History 1602-1848
Journal Article Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848 Get access Ball John, Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848. Sydney: Oughtershaw Press, 1982. viii, 274 pp. Bibliography, index. $A32.00. Daniel S. Lev Daniel S. Lev University of Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 28, Issue 4, October 1984, Pages 376–377, https://doi.org/10.2307/844784 Published: 01 October 1…
Reducing the Risk of Aids Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment
John C. Ball, W. Robert Lange, C. Patrick Myers, Samuel R. Friedman, Reducing the Risk of AIDS Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 214-226
The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Patients, Programs, Services, and Outcome
The work constitutes the most comprehensive evaluation of methadone maintenance treatment in the United States to date. Based upon three years of data collection at drug abuse treatment programs in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore, the study contains findings for 617 male intra- venous addicts, interviewed during and after six methadone programs. The major findings of the project concern the effectiveness of methadone maintenance in redu…
Panel discussion
I have been working in methadone maintenance treatment programmes for many years, and there are some differences between that field and what we are discussing here.I think the concept of harm reduction, as Dr Henning field anticipated, is very useful in terms of encouraging discussion and debate, and brea king us loose, perhaps, from a preoccupation with smoking cessation.But other than that, I think the concept muddies the water tremen dously be…
Psychiatry (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Addiction (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Drug (4 works) · Narcotic (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)