Setting Limits: Gambling, Science and Public Policy (original) (raw)

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9780191858840

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9780198817321

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Setting Limits: Gambling, Science and Public Policy

Pekka Sulkunen,

Director

Director, Finnish Centre for Research on Addiction, Control, and Governance (CEAGG), University of Helsinki, Finland

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Thomas F. Babor,

Chairman

Chairman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA

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Jenny Cisneros Ornberg,

Director

Director, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Michael Egerer,

Researcher

Researcher, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Matilda Hellman,

Adjunct Professor and Researcher

Adjunct Professor and Researcher, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Charles Livingstone,

Senior lecturer

Senior lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

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Virve Marionneau,

Researcher

Researcher, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Janne Nikkinen,

Researcher

Researcher, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Jim Orford,

Professor

Professor, Department of Clinical and Community Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

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Robin Room,

Director

Director, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Published online:

21 February 2019

Published in print:

20 December 2018

Online ISBN:

9780191858840

Print ISBN:

9780198817321

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

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Abstract

Commercial gambling has developed in the past few decades into a complex enterprise that is at once a recreational activity, a global profit-making industry, and a potentially harmful behavior. New technologies, large for-profit corporations, and extended legalization, have changed the contexts and traditional roles of gambling. Using a public interest framework, this book discusses gambling policies that will best serve the public good. The book critically evaluates the scientific research on regulations designed to prevent or reduce the individual and collective harm from the activity. Efficient methods have a high probability of success if adequate consideration is given to the complexity of the problems. The difficulty is political: the use of these methods most likely conflicts with financial considerations. Problem users bring in the largest share of the money to the trade. Preventing gambling-related harm is rarely possible without limiting the overall volume of the activity.

Contents

• Front Matter

  • Copyright Page
  • Foreword
  • Authors’ Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Authors
• 1 Introduction Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 2 The history of gambling regulation and the rise of the industry Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 3 The gambling industry: global structures and modern trends Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 4 The range and burden of gambling problems Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 5 Gambling behavior and problem gambling Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 6 The total volume of gambling and the prevalence of gambling problems Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 7 The effects of changing availability Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 8 Industry strategies and their regulation: marketing, game features, and venue characteristics Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 9 Pre-commitment and interventions in risk behavior Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 10 Gambling control regimes Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 11 Treatment and early intervention services Pekka Sulkunen and others
• 12 Summary and conclusions: gambling policy and the public interest Pekka Sulkunen and others

• End Matter

  • Appendix List of abbreviations and acronyms
  • References
  • Index

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