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Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted
that young people in North America were growing up in a context of
legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for
young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of
the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but
two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble
in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few
social sa- tions to limit a young person's interest in
gambling-like their adult co- terparts-young people now gamble in
larger numbers and for seemingly higher stakes. Gradually,
gambling-related problems became more visible for young people and
the culture slowly but increasingly took notice. By the late 1990s,
every sector of American and Canadian society had started to c-
sider the effects of legalized gambling on youth. For different
reasons, r- resentatives of the gambling and health care industries
led the movement to prevent youthful gambling and reconcile
existing problems whenever p- sible. Scientists also recognized
that there was much to be learned by stu- ing young gamblers.
Toward the end of the 20th century, there was a rapid increase in
gambling research focusing on developmental issues; half of what is
known about gambling emerged during the 1990s. This volume
represents an important event in the continuing growth of a field.
Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and
health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and
problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel
increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an
urgent need to conduct more studies on adolescent gambling
behaviour. Recently significant advances in the knowledge of the
risk factors associated with adolescent problems has emerged. This
book addresses issues related to prevalence, assessment, prevention
and treatment of youth gambling problems as well as concerns
related to technological changes associated with youth problem
gambling.
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted
that young people in North America were growing up in a context of
legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for
young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of
the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but
two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble
in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few
social sa- tions to limit a young person's interest in
gambling-like their adult co- terparts-young people now gamble in
larger numbers and for seemingly higher stakes. Gradually,
gambling-related problems became more visible for young people and
the culture slowly but increasingly took notice. By the late 1990s,
every sector of American and Canadian society had started to c-
sider the effects of legalized gambling on youth. For different
reasons, r- resentatives of the gambling and health care industries
led the movement to prevent youthful gambling and reconcile
existing problems whenever p- sible. Scientists also recognized
that there was much to be learned by stu- ing young gamblers.
Toward the end of the 20th century, there was a rapid increase in
gambling research focusing on developmental issues; half of what is
known about gambling emerged during the 1990s. This volume
represents an important event in the continuing growth of a field.
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