Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

This 4 page paper examines the urban regeneration project that took place in London and created a newly named area in old Peckham. The paper looks at the outputs of the project which included cleaning up and restoring building to the placement of street art in the form of street furniture. The second part of ...

A 2 page brochure (trifold, front and back layout) intended for education about programs offered through this organization seeking to make a difference in the lives of Club members and their families. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 20 page paper provides an overview of the process of welfare reform and the influence that this has had on impoverished families. This study considers the specific issues for individuals involved in welfare programming in the Philadelphia and the factors that influence welfare use. Further, this study also assesses the impacts of ...

This 6 page paper provides lists of strategies and activities to enhance student self-esteem and feelings of security in their classrooms. Creating a safe and secure environment and building self-esteem will lead to higher achievement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page review of the damages that have been inflicted by this national disaster. The author contends that only if we analyze their situations from the Ecological Systems Theory perspective can we truly understand the depth of the scarring. That same theory, however, can serve as an outline in helping us pick ...

A 6 page paper which examines the concepts of Darwinism and Social Darwinism in terms of how they relate to industrial progress. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page discussion of violence in the workplace. Traces the phenomena from the 1987 post office shooting that spawned the phrase "going postal". The author contends that the workplace has special conditions and considerations which make resolving conflict imperative before conflict turns into violence. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 14 page paper examines the role of globalization in the death of languages. Languages develop and evolve. Part of the evolution of languages is the death, There are many dead languages, some of which we know include Hittite, Sumarian, Cilician, Phrygian, Etruscan, Bithynian and Elamite. This may occur for a number of reasons, but ...

An 8 page paper which provides an overview and analysis of the welfare to work program and the AFDC program. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper examines the topic of social influence and how if affects behavior. Several studies are noted. Substance abuse is used as an example. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper focuses on an article about Hurricane Katrina and relates it to Marx's alienation. Comments by the article's author are used to make the point that modern society contains a great deal of alienation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of a genogram and an ecogram related to the need for intervention for a family participating in foster care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the labeling theory as it applies to criminology. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page overview of the manner in which class affects various aspects such as housing of our lives as Americans. The author contends that that those that find themselves in the lower echelons of society are not always the derelicts of society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper examines social class and its significance in society. Social class is discussed in depth as well as various ways of examining it. Theorists such as Weber and Marx are included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper considers the Newtonian paradigm and whether or not it still holds good in the 21st century, and why. It also considers the drivers of the new millennium, and some of the consequences of these drivers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page essay that argues the reasons why fathers are not necessary for raising children. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In 1993 Samuel P. Huntington wrote an article on international politics in the periodical Foreign Affairs entitled “The Clash of Civilizations” in which future conflicts were not foreseen as taking place between nation states, but between civilisations. The theories proposed have attracted much criticism. This 7 page paper examines the theories and the supporting as ...

A 4 page paper which examines why social conditions contribute to criminal activity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which discusses aspects of society and family and relationships. Bibliography lists 1 source.

8 pages in length. Cultural existence is most certainly a shared reality between and among all global ethnicities, however, the extent to which considerable differences help to define each culture in its own way is both grand and far-reaching; that Americans and Hispanics intersect at some points in their cultural heritage yet remain widely ...

This 18 page paper begins with a general introduction to qualitative and quantitative research designs, including a table that compares some of the major features of each. The writer then provides a comprehensive explanation of each approach. Different designs are also explained for each category of research, e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, case study, phenomenographic research, exploratory ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the issue of immigration and variations in the immigrant communities in the United States. This paper attempts to answer the question: why do some imigrants fair better than others? Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper provides an explanation as to why it is important to use quality sampling in research. An example is used in providing the explanation. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

This 6 page paper considers the different types of body modification including scarification, cranial modification, tooth modification and a range of piercing, which are seen in Mesoamerica. These may start with the Olmecs but were also carried forward and developed by other civilisations such as the Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacán and Toltec. Examining these different ...