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Some Facts About the Sniffing Phenomenon
Author(s) -
Byars George H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
juvenile justice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0093-7231
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1975.tb01084.x
Subject(s) - sniffing , phenomenon , psychology , perspective (graphical) , social phenomenon , social psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , neuroscience , computer science , sociology , social science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
Only within the last several years has validated research been seriously undertaken in this area. The findings of these recent studies, though scientifically meaningful, only relate directly to the laboratory test subjects actually used, which have been mostly dogs, cats, mice, and rats. It appears that these new findings are still only theoretically relevant to the solvent sniffing phenomenon in humans, and further research is called for in order to show these findings to be significant to humans. In this study, I have attempted to compile the most current materials and research data concerning the causes and effects of the inhalation of solvent vapors. I have also attempted to draw a composite picture of the person who inhales, both in terms of his cultural background or lifestyle and his psychological makeup. It would like to emphasize, at this point, that this paper is neither a statistical, nor medically explicit analysis of the current studies in the literature. This paper does, however, borrow heavily from both of those disciplines while presenting the solvent sniffing phenomenon from a sociological and social work perspective.