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Holland, England, and Homicide

In forty eight pages this paper compares the rates of homicide in Holland and England in a consideration of required comparative m...

Deviance and Sociological Theory

upon individuals within a group" (Wong, 2005). This theory lays the blame for delinquent behavior on the community, which was una...

Sociological Perspectives of Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

two kinds of privilege; the first is that exercised by an aristocratic class and a monarchy, the second is that exercised by those...

Theories on Conflict

"broadened the Marxian interpretation of social stratification by introducing the concept of status groups parallel to but analyti...

Sociologist Nancy Kleniewski's City Definition

that examines urban life and helps one determine a precise definition of a city. The principle features of metropolitan life--the ...

Cooley and Mead, Critical Theory and Functionalism

is highly involved in sociological perspectives. Yet it also differs from both the conceptualizations of Cooley and Mead and that ...

Labeling Theory from a Sociological Perspective

Examples the student may choose to use to illustrate the predominance of the labeling theory include two Los Angeles Times article...

Global Warming

There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....

James Q. Wilson and Max Weber on Bureaucracy

In seven pages bureaucracy is examined in terms of examples and premise of indestructibility along with Wilson and Weber's sociolo...

Gangs and Teens

Sociological theories are applied to this consideration of teen involvement in gangs in a paper consisting of seven pages. There ...

Effects of Mass Society Theory

In five pages this paper examines the sociocultural effects of a mass society mentality with suggestions for a new system presente...

Sicilian Mafia, Deviance, and the Sociology of Crime

In five pages this paper examines the Sicilian Mafia in a contrast and comparison of how the connection between agency and structu...

Violence in Children and Psychosocial Theory

In six pages this paper examines violence and its subculture in a consideration of real life cases and discussion of various socio...

Unique Murderers and Criminological Explanations

an early incident sent Gacy to prison for molesting a teenager and then his wife divorced him (1997). After he served a short pris...

Film Rebel Without a Cause and Theories of Sociology

In seven pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in this analysis of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause from a perspective...

Racism Case Study Analysis

not understand. That was television, but it was not fiction. Still, in looking at less prominent individuals, a student may want ...

Adolescence and Deviance

In eight pages the concept of deviance is examined in terms of definition and relevant sociological theories in order to make a de...

An Internet Society

In 6 pages a theoretical consideration of what would happen if everyone across the globe had Internet access with sociological and...

Contemporary Writer Bell Hooks

In five pages the contributions of African American feminist Bell Hooks in terms of sociological thought and theory are discussed....

Social Propaganda and Utopian Qualities in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy

of marriage, he also does not want to lose the one person in his life who helps to give him direction. This dichotomy is instrume...

Sociology Topics

biology for example. The reason why this is the case, is because one cannot conclusively prove that a trend exists or not because ...

Sociological Theories and Analysis of Families

Tactics Scale (CTS), a method by which researchers could measure family violence more effectively. However, Steinmetz was accused...

Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman on Communication and Interaction

in meaning between all individuals. Both Garfinkel and Goffman recognize that there are both verbal and non-verbal compon...

Herbert Blumer and George Herbert Mead's Theories of Sociology

on the most essential points of his sociological theory, only differing in subtle distinctions regarding the importance of interac...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

Comparison Between Social Identity Theory and Social Constructionism

early branch of sociology, which was initiated by Marx and Mannheim, and also called the sociology of knowledge (Abercrombie, Hill...

Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx on Social Change

Alienation may be described as a condition in which men are dominated by forces of their own creation, which confront them as alie...

An At-Risk Brooklyn Youth Case Study

involved in drug dealing and in fact, by the time he would turn 14 years old, would carry a gun ("Shawn," 1993). By the time he is...

Comparing Theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber in a consideration of Th...