Social Problems
ISBN: 9780136016489 | 0136016480
Edition: 13thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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Written by a respected scholar in the field, this authoritative and very accessible text offers students a contemporary introduction to Social Problems by introducing the major trends and future outlook for each social problem. Social policies devised to address social problems--and their consequences--are examined in depth by presenting the key research conducted to examine, explain and alleviate today's social problems. The text takes the discussion of social problems one step further by looking at each problem from a global perspective and "big picture" view.
| Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems | |
| Problems of Health and Health Care | |
| Problems of Mental Illness and Treatment | |
| Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
| Crime and Violence | |
| Poverty amid Affluence | |
| Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination | |
| Gender and Sexuality | |
| An Aging Society | |
| The Changing Family |
