Essays and Research Papers on Social Problems

(5 pp). Our challenge in this discussion is to consider how one's social and historical context affects one's place in society. We will be using two males as subjects -Anglo and Hispanic both residing in northern New Mexico. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper demonstrates that the poor have a harder time getting help in abusive relationships. It also demonstrates there is more abuse in poorer areas in the United States. Culture is discussed along with the definition of deviance. Definitions of domestic violence are explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

The debate over the right to bear arms and the need in American society to control guns and violence has reached an apogee since the incident at Littleton, Colorado, High School. This 5 page paper argues that Sigmund Freud would say that the death instinct has become out of balance with the life instinct. Thomas Hobbes would maintain that ...

6 pages in length. In a new twist to Ghandi's declaration that 'the measure of a society is how it treats its elderly, its children, its animals,' the aspect of social interaction has warranted closer examination as to the manner by which a society can be measured. Assessing the validity of the twenty-first ...

A 6 page discussion of the many issues surrounding abortion. Notes that despite the common perception of abortions being sought by strictly irresponsible women, the choice to have an abortion is not always cut and dried. Such choices can involve pregnancies resulting from rape, illegitimate pregnancies, pregnancies in which the mother’s life is ...

This 6 page paper focuses on the Northeast, but provides information on homelessness that is applicable to most situations. Reasons for homelessness are explored and solutions are discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

( 5 pp.) This discussion will look at the emotionally charged issue of homosexual marriage. It is this writer's opinion that this has become a social "non-problem," and should be treated as such. In a dynamic and vital society, there are many more issues of concern that lead to the growth of a ...

A 5 page paper which discusses aspects of researching which requires critical thought. The paper addresses the challenges and opportunities for discovering and understanding information and adding to the knowledge base of public administration in the position of a researcher, as well as illustrating how one should address the challenges and opportunities. The information provided is derived from the textbook ...

A 6 page paper which discusses rave parties and examines how they often involve moral panic in the United States and Britain. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

Student organizations are considered to be an integral component of college life, however, one such organization, G.R.O.U.P., has requested official status as a recognized student organization at Fordham University. The problem was that the group had been formed to promote awareness and support of gay and lesbian students. This 5 page paper argues against the acceptance of the organization ...

This 6 page report discusses the investigation of an accident and fire caused by a design flaw on an offshore oil platform. Recognizing that the problem was caused by a design flaw, the investigators are not looking for somebody to blame. The cause has already been established. The challenge now is to determine the ways in which the ...

A 5 page research paper that examines the effect of violence on children growing up below the poverty level. To judge this effect, the writer focuses on the research of Alex Kotlowitz who did an intensive case study of two African American boys growing in up in Chicago. However, the writer also discusses the affect ...

This 14 page report discusses boxer Mike Tyson. In the late 1980s, reporters called him the “new young tiger,” “an orphaned street robber found handcuffed to a reform-school radiator,” a “square, two -fisted hulk with a short man’s proclivity for uppercuts,” and the “undefeated young barbarian.” In 1992, he was sentenced to six years in prison after a jury found him ...

9 pages in length. The basis upon which relationships are formed greatly depends upon the individuals engaging within the relationship. From generation to generation, homosexual, heterosexual and everything in between, cultivating relationships is a way in which people establish emotional and spiritual bonds with their own species. How human beings relate to ...

A seven page paper which looks at the phenomenon of gang culture and the way in which the sociologist Malcolm Klein assesses the causes, definitions and solutions to the problem of increasing numbers of gangs in urban areas. Bibliography lists 1 source

8 pages in length. The writer discusses how homelessness in the United States has escalated in intensity due in great part to skewed media perspective. Annotated bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper takes a look at an article on school violence that blames the level of narcissism in society and the media, and opposes it. The thesis of this paper is that school shootings can be prevented with gun control. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses Blaikie’s 1996 book and his theories regarding the vulnerability of people in certain circumstances in the wake of a disaster. Blaikie’s years of field work in the Third World nations allowed him to develop his premise that the usual focus on natural hazards as being responsible for provoking disasters is actually out of place in ...

"To protect and to serve" is the motto of police departments everywhere, but just how true is it anymore? This 5 page paper explores the issue of discretion as it applies to instances of police brutality. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the way in which alcohol consumption has declined amongst young people as a result of the advent of the club and drug scene, and the way in which the alcohol industry promotes and markets alcopops in their efforts to attract a younger clientele away from illegal drugs and ...

This 5 page paper takes a look at Allan Bloom's controversial work that contends American society has deteriorated culturally. Other theorists' views are noted and an overall look at the dumbing down of American and a loosening of morals is taken. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

10 pages in length. Murray Bookchin and Bill Devall reside at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the fundamental nature of ecological issues; while Bookchin supports the essence of social ecology, Devall espouses the benefits of its opposing counterpart, deep ecology. The two men have agreed to meet on this spring ...

A 6 page paper which examines whether fetal alcohol syndrome is a contributing factor of youth violence. The paper illustrates that fetal alcohol syndrome lessens an individual's control devices and makes them more apt to violence than one who does not suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page paper which discusses aspects of Harris' book "The Nurture Assumption." The primary focus of the paper is on the effects of divorce as it relates to Harris' book. A general discussion of Harris' book is presented as well. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the article Interdependence in Ethnic Identity and Self from the Journal of Counseling and Development. This paper integrates a view of the article, while also considering the essential elements of the theoretical approach, applying other articles to an understanding of the central arguments. Bibliography lists ...