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African Americans and Homicides

to black versus white homicide victims: 1) Young black males stand a five-to-ten times greater risk of dying by homicide than thei...

Social Work and Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development Model

1972). The rest of the stages, and their specific crisis, are as follows: the preschooler stage (years 3-5)-- initiative v. guilt;...

Senior Citizen Driving Problems

did play a role in the demise of the innocent bystanders who got in his way during that deadly summer day. Whether age is a fac...

Response Paper th Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia

romance ideas, and the subtle but pervasive message that they are second to males in this society. Many girls fit this example as ...

Trouble in American Society

is a spiritual reality, possessing an eternal life but a delicate constitution: it cannot be scrapped and recast as if it were a m...

Evaluating Amphetamines and Other Drugs Pharmacologically

fact, which bear analysis. Such analysis can go a long way in dispelling the misperceptions and untruths associated with drug use...

A College Drinking Sociological Analysis

social problem is social whereas if it is not a social problem, the problems cause is not social (2002). A social problem harms ...

Prostitution Legalization Problems

availability of prostitutes do to influence the young? Donna Hughes, a leading researcher on this phenomenon, states, "Above all,...

Teens and Addiction to the Internet

these teens the freedom and boosts to self-esteem that may not be afforded them in the real world. In these communities they are a...

Society and Crime

themselves in a great deal of trouble. They may not be able to pay their bills and this can create more criminology such as borrow...

Gang Problems

This paper consists of ten pages and considers the gangs and the social problems associated with them. Six sources are cited in t...

L.A. and Chicago Gangs

Economic and social problems which have an effect on the creation of gangs in both Los Angeles and Chicago are discussed. Politica...

American Family Depiction in Television Situation Comedies of the 1950s and 1960s

In fourteen pages this paper discusses TV sitcoms during this time period and how they portrayed the American family with past and...

Clifford Stoll's Silicon Snake Oil

In three pages Stoll's examination on how the Internet will expand social problems are discussed. There are two supporting source...

Social Worker Interview

he sporadically elects to perform his own relevant research as well. Of course, since Mr. Casiano works directly with a publi...

Campaigns Against Drunk Driving

In five pages campaigns designed to prevent drunk driving are examined in this overview of various techniques employed along with ...

Theoretical Examination of Learning, Culture, and Sociology

In five pages this essay discusses social order, the social act of learning, sociocultural structure, and order created through so...

How Japanese Americans Experienced a Cultural Loss During World War II

The true story of 'Nisei Daughter' by Monica Stone is utilized in this paper consisting of six pages as the social and cultural pr...

Miami's Cuban Immigrants with HIV and AIDS and the Wellness Impacts of Various Social Factors

In twelve pages this research study focuses on Miami, Florida's 'Little Havana' district in a consideration of the community AIDS ...

The Problem of Acid Rain

In this paper consisting of six pages the environmental effects of this social problem are discussed. There are six sources cited...

Today's AIDS Victims' Treatment and the Plague Depicted in Boccaccio's 'The Decameron'

In four pages this paper compares the social problem of the Black Plague that is the subject of 'The Decameron' with the modern da...

Foreign Policy and Globalization

In fifteen pages this paper discusses globalization in a definition of the term and how it has impacted foreign policy with such i...

Children and the Impact of Divorce

1997). In the United States alone over one million children experience parental divorce each year (Amato, Loomis and Booth, 1995)...

Mexican American Communities and the Implications of Alcoholism

In eight pages this paper examines how the Mexican American community is affected by the social problem of alcoholism with compari...

Problems of Corruption in Law Enforcement and How They Can be Solved

In ten pages this paper discusses police corruption problems and solutions through reforms at political, social, and educational l...

Explanation of Social Theories

In ten pages this paper explains such social theories as alienation, social stratification, social strain, differential associatio...

Social Learning Theory in '8 Ball Chicks'

there is nothing else "but us" to provide protection, safety and survival for the girls who join gangs. Within those gangs, they ...

Registries for Sex Offenders

In five pages this paper discusses the social and legal problems Megan's Law and registries present for individuals convicted of s...

Japan and School Violence

This paper consists of seven pages and discusses the social issues associated with Japan's growing school violence problem. Thirt...

Former Soviet Union and Communications

to how communications takes place in these nations, many of which are attempting, to varying degrees, to adopt a democratic system...