Frederick W Preston

Datos Biográficos

ID270107
NOMBREFrederick W Preston
NOMBRESFrederick W
APELLIDOPreston
FIRMAPRESTON F W
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS18
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1979
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2007
ÍNDICE H2

  • Introduction Sociologies of Problem Gambling

    Open AccessBo J Bernhard, Frederick W PrestonARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2007Referencias: 1

  • Successful Aging and Gambling

    Open AccessFrederick W Preston, Paul D Shapiro et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2007Referencias: 22

    Using a sample of 449 Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, residents ages 55 and older, the authors examine predictors of past-year and lifetime risk for problem gambling behavior. They examine the salience of gambling opportunities for the respondents' decision to move to Las Vegas and whether they currently gamble as a significant part of their recreation. Bivariate analyses show the importance of gambling opportunities for predicting at-risk st…

  • Airline Security After the Event

    Open AccessPerry A Russell, Frederick W PrestonARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2004Referencias: 3

    Interviews with airline and security employees and public information are used to examine the real and perceived outcomes of public policy reactions to the terrorist attacks of September 11. The examination uses the classic functionalist perspective of Robert Merton and the more recent insights of Raymond Boudon. Attempts to reduce the threat of terrorist success and to foster confidence in the flying public had mixed results. Clearly governments…

  • On the Shoulders of Merton

    Open AccessBo J Bernhard, Frederick W PrestonARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2004Citada por: 1Referencias: 2

    Robert Merton's theoretical formulations of unintended consequences provide a useful framework for understanding the potential consequences of problem gambling policy. More generally, a sociological perspective on mental illness perspective brings a particular insight to the field of gambling studies. Based on the current understanding of problem gamblers' careers, one can speculate on a number of instances in which policies intended to help this…

  • Gambling as Stigmatized Behavior

    Open AccessFrederick W Preston, Bo J Bernhard et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1998Citada por: 8Referencias: 2

    The history of gambling, both internationally and in the United States, is that of a stigmatized behavior having passed through numerous cycles of guarded acceptance and prohibition. The recent spread of gambling in the United States has been characterized by very specific attempts to neutralize the stigma associated with the behavior. Though apparently not the sufficient variable in such campaigns of acceptance, reducing the stigma has been nece…

  • Wiseman, Jacqueline, the Other Half

    Frederick W Preston, Lynn T OsborneARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…1994

    "WISEMAN, Jacqueline, THE OTHER HALF: Wives of Alcoholics and Their Social-Psychological Situation." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 25(3), pp. 425–426

  • Sociology

    Phyllis Kitzerow, Frederick W Preston et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1990

  • Vocabularies of Motives for Gambling Behavior

    Open AccessRonald W Smith, Frederick W PrestonARTICLESociological Perspectives1984Citada por: 9Referencias: 10

    In an examination of the verbal explanations ordinary gamblers provide for their conduct, it was found that the motive of 'play, leisure, and recreation' was most often given to explain their behavior, with the related motive of 'relieving boredom and generating excitement' ranking a distant second. Significant variations in these responses were found according to sex and social class. Explanations of why other people gamble differed markedly fro…

  • Sociology

    Clarence C Schultz, Ronald W Smith et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1979