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The Social Problem of Substance Abuse

of the overall problem of substance abuse to inform potential methods for change, it is necessary to consider both the driving and...

Exploitation of Children in the Art World: Is it Art or Pornography?

nude children as art continued to be deemed socially inappropriate, which is why several photographers of note were the subjects o...

An Analysis of Crime Statistics (1968 through 2008)

an interesting tale, but the data must be reviewed in concert with economic and social trends that affect the nation overall. Some...

A Look at International Expansion Theories

further exploiting the value-creation potential of skills an product offerings by applying them in new markets" (Luo, 1999, p.11)....

Creating a Sense of Community

describes in his book, neither side truly listened to the other. They were all primarily concerned with converted the opposing sid...

Violence and its Sociological, Biological, and Psychological Roots

is almost a learned behavior, not socially speaking, but psychologically speaking. It is the human minds reaction and perhaps solu...

Sociological Perspectives on Stepparenting

as well as the proximity and consistency of other support factors in their life. A quick divorce and an even quicker remarriage ...

Alexis de Tocqueville, Auguste Comte, and Karl Marx

faced with the problem of having to decide who has control over this surplus and this provides the seeds of class struggle. Mark ...

Experiments in Sociology and Method Applications

hypothesis. Suppose someone wonders whether or not girls who have grown up in broken homes are more likely to use illicit drugs; i...

Sociological Perspectives on Euthanasia

suicide that addresses euthanasia falls under the anomic class of suicide. "According to Durkheim, this anomic suicide occurs when...

3 Sociological Views on the Shortage of Nurses

many contemporary societies still reflect incredible amounts of poverty, disease and homelessness in spite of the fact that their ...

Looking at 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook'

was three years old (Bailey, 2002). Although she was born in Virginia, she grew up in New York. In fact, she only lived in the sou...

A History and Sociological Overview of Prostitution

society. Therefore, it was imperative to the churchs position of power to eradicate this opposition. The early church did not, how...

Working Women on Barbados

means suits and high heels, yet their work is paid roughly the same as factory workers. This means that, in order to maintain the ...

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...

A Look at the Hershey Corporation

Slow but steady growth in the industry characterized the 2000s ("Industry Snapshot," 2008). Examples of serious competitors, other...

F. Scot Fitzgerald and a look at the American Dream

Ambition and a self-made determination, and the freedom to achieve anything that one sets his or her mind to were the basic concep...

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...

The Truly Disadvantaged The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy by William J. Wilson

This sociological text by William J. Wilson is analyzed in a paper consisting of six pages. There are no other sources listed....

An 'Othello' Sociological Analysis

In this instance, racism is a problem, and it is today. Yet, in looking back through history, one sees that racism was much more p...

Sociology Contributions of Emile Durkheim

that views societies as moving, bit by bit, from "mechanically" governed societies, which are ruled by custom and religion, toward...

A look at Cervical Disk Disease

other origins. Whereas HNP involves extension of disk material beyond the normal confines of the margin of the vertebrae on eithe...

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...

School Deviancy and Crime

a perspective, and as such will act accordingly. As two authors note, "Until we make schools engaging learning communities whose m...

The Deviant Behavior of Academic Dishonesty

time or another - displays deviant behavior. Human nature is defined by myriad elements, not the least of which is the social nee...

Modern and Postmodern Sociology Issues

expressed in a direct cause and effect relationship. Also, the function need not be positive or nurturing. Certainly, Durkheim w...

Sociological Perspectives on Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

section, the author paints a tragic portrait of inner city life that is characterized by violence, cruelty and desperation. For ex...

Sociology and Family Disorganization

African-American families, this paper does not apply that only African-American families suffer from family disorganization; rathe...

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...

Hunter 'Patch' Adams

as an opposing force rather than one that works for all living beings. Based upon his functionalist theory, Durkheim would not be...