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Sociological Theories of Structural Functionalism

at the functions they serve. Guns serve the function to protect or to allow an individuals to lash out at society. A wife serves t...

Sociological Theory Application

In a report consisting of four pages a young girl that prefers nontraditional activities such as male sports is considered through...

Overview of Important Sociological Theories

In eight pages sociological theories by Becker, Marx, and Weber are discussed in terms of how they relate to issues including soci...

Using Sociological Theory to Explain Urban Problems

environmental settings, produce specific social behaviors in people, and can either sustain behavioral problems, or mitigate them....

Sociological Theories and Serial Killers

In five pages this paper considers the anomie concept in this discussion of serial killings and how they may be explained through ...

Crime and Sociological Theories

In four pages this paper examines 5 sociological cures for the crime that plagues society and includes social bonding and differ...

Gangs Explained Through Deviance Sociological Theory

This paper examines in five pages how gangs are explained through an application of the deviance sociological theory that includes...

Society and Explanations Offered by Sociological Theories

that tries to explain incidences in daily life in respect to resources like money, time, organizational skills and so forth. Ones ...

Netherlands' Sociological Structure

In five pages 'sociological imagination' is defined and then applied to the Netherlands in this sociological analysis. Six source...

Sociological Theories and Analysis of Families

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

Crime Sociological Theory

objection to the idea. "...It is too risky to allow mentally ill adults in a residential neighborhood close to schools and senior...

Religion and Sociological Theory

merit. Indeed, religion is used to control the masses to some extent and people use religion for functional reasons. It helps them...

Family and Sociological Theory

made even in consideration of the fact that alternative families differ in several respects from the traditional concept of a nucl...

Religious Colleges, Nondenominational Universities and Sociological Theory

the individual human action. To explain social institutions and social change is to show how they arise as the result of the acti...

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...

Quantitative v. Qualitative Data

they are classified, counted and used to construct statistical models. Many quantitative researchers generally view the qualitat...

The Reason for the Urban Underclass

(Wilson, 1987). Yet, he does not deny that the culture of poverty has a role in addition to social isolation (Wilson, 1987). It s...

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...

“Antz” & Emile Durkheim

labor. Rather than being totally dependent on custom, these societies are held together primarily through mutual obligation betwee...

W.E.B. DuBois and the Sociological Imagination

II. The Contributions of W.E.B. Dubois The Souls of Black Folk is probably W.E.B. Dubois most famous work. It provides an over...

Sociological Theory, Contemporary Culture, and Technology

the need to separate religion from science, to synthesize the basic principles of the various branches of the sciences into one in...

Crash (2005), From a Sociological Theory Perspective

This essay analyzes the "Crash" (2005) from a sociological theory perspective, focusing on symbolic interactionism. Five pages in ...

Content and Process Based Motivation Theories

relationship (Armstrong, 2009, p320). Process theories place an emphasis on the differences that are found in employees, and inste...

Sociological Theories and Mass Media

This research paper pertains to the way in which media influences society from the conflict, structural functionalist and symbolic...

Sociological Imagination/Mills

This paper discusses C. Wright Mills (1916-1962), and his sociological imagination perspective on society. The writer discusses a...

Sociological Theories and Religion

religion only if they understand the religions symbols and what those symbols mean (FortuneCity.com, 2009). There is a civil reli...

Suicide And Sociological Theories

what choices they believe they have to better their lives; as such, they become all the more vulnerable to being influenced in the...

The Adult Entertainment Industry as a Noncriminal Deviant Sub-Culture

nudity. Mens bodies, by contrast, are almost never shown nude; if they are, they are usually exaggerated into a "heroic" style. Fe...

The Self-Control Theory of Crime: Addressing the Criticisms

the extent to which the self-control theory of crime can be said to be valid. This paragraph helps the student give an overview o...

"Family Guy" - A Sociological Reading

cross-country destination to fulfill a nefarious purpose. Despite being a baby and a dog, Stewie and Brian are both fully articula...