Percepcija društvene kontrole i upotreba marihuane među zagrebačkim studentima

Kroz istraživanje stavova o marihuani i obrazaca njene upotrebe među zagrebačkim studentima u radu se preispituje analitička upotrebljivost Hirschijevih i Beckerovih mehanizama društvene kontrole devijantnosti. Prikazani su rezultati kvantitativnog istraživanja kojim se željelo utvrditi razlikuju li se korisnici od nekorisnika u sagledavanju teoretski formuliranih mehanizama društvene kontrole upotrebe marihuane – dostupnosti, tajnovitosti, privrženosti, predanosti, uključenosti, uvjerenja i moralnosti. Pokazalo se da se korisnici od nekorisnika razlikuju jedino u dimenzijama moralnosti i uvjerenja te da i jedni i drugi tajnovitost promatraju kao još uvijek važan mehanizam društvene kontrole upotrebe marihuane. Percepcija ostalih mehanizama ne sugerira njihov utjecaj na stavove i prakse konzumiranja marihuane među studentima i ostavlja prostor za razmatranje upotrebe marihuane u terminima društveno podnošljivog oblika devijantnosti. This paper examines the analytical usability of Hirschi’s and Becker’s mechanisms of social control of deviance for the phenomena of using marijuana in the population of students in Zagreb. The results of a quantitative study that aims to determine whether users differ from non-users in their perception of theoretically formulated mechanisms of social control of marijuana use - availability, secrecy, attachment, dedication, involvement, beliefs, and morality are presented here. It has been found that users and non-users only differ in dimensions of morality and beliefs, and that both groups perceive secrecy as an important mechanism of social control for marijuana use. The perception of other mechanisms does not suggest that they influence the attitudes and practices of marijuana consumption among students, and leaves room to consider the use of marijuana in terms of socially tolerable forms of deviance.