101205: When It's No Longer a Game

About the Course:

The article When It’s No Longer a Game: Pathological Gambling in the United States summarizes a book-length report, Pathological Gambling: A Critical Review, by the Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological Gambling.

Journal/Publisher:

National Institute of Justice

Publication Date:

2001

Author

Charles Wellford

About the Authors:

Charles Wellford, professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, is director of its Maryland Justice Analysis Center. He chairs the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Law and Justice and has served as chair of the NRC’S Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological Gambling.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about “pathological” gambling in the U.S.—the inability to resist the impulse to gamble. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Describe the rapid expansion of legalized gambling.

2. Identify the benefits of gambling.

3. Explain when gambling becomes pathological.