Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

This is a 10 page paper that provides an overview of social work and leadership. The tenets of transformational leadership are applied to the discipline of social work. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page research paper reports on demographic trends in regards to older adults and relates this information to how it impacts training for human service professionals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper provides a general overview of volunteering, including statistical data. The writer relies heavily on St. Francis. There is a strong link between religious affiliation and volunteering although there are other reasons that motivate people. These are discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the various physical, cognitive, and bio-social factors that characterize the process of dying and the family's involvement in that process. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page essay reviews the 2005 movie "Crash" and discusses it using the perspective of symbolic interactionism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper. This essay explores whether or not social service workers are prepared to provide the services this population needs. Do social workers need more training and education and if so, what kind? The essay also reports and discusses statistical data for the elderly. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page research paper reports on 2 programs of community services that are available to older adults living in Madison County, New York. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper contends that there are three distinct reasons that there is a tremendous income gap between the rich and the poor. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper explores the three opinions on the issue. The opinions of the Pro Choice camp is contrasted with that of the Pro Life Camp and of those that think abortion should be legal under specific circumstances like rape or incest. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper critically reviews an article by author Scott Shackford. No additional sources are listed.

This is a 15 page paper that includes an outline and an abstract. It offers a comprehensive overview of a personal philosophy on Christian counseling. Topics covered include understanding human personality, problem development, sourcing problems and structuring effective interventions, and the influence of worldview on theory. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 4 page paper presents the thesis that the physical disruption of inner city ghettos, small town America, or even traditional Native American lands translates into the disruption of more ephemeral traditions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses social and economic changes that are taking place at the national level, and in the state of Arizona. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 10-page paper provides population, birth and death statistics for the U.S., New York and Kenya. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 14 page paper looks at three social theorists; Weber, Foucault and Marx, exploring and comparing some of their ideas. The paper is written in three sections; the first section looks at Weber and discusses why he argued that capitalism as supported by the protestant ethic. The second section of the paper explores the ...

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of security. The psychological and practical aspects of risk are addressed via discussion questions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines Marx's ideas about human consciousness. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This? ?6? ?page paper provides an overview of poverty and how it impacts the most vulnerable members of our society.? ?The contention is made that in order to address those impacts we must provide education,? ?health care,? ?jobs,? ?housing and other infrastructural improvements.? ?Bibliography lists? ?2? ?sources.

A 3 page paper that offers up a summary of The Hurried Child by David Elkind. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses the functionalist, conflict and interactionist sociological theories and how each can be used to analyze the role of television in society. It also discusses C. Wright Mills’s theory of sociological imagination and applies that to changes in the black community. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Sovereignty, which has two distinct meanings, can be employed either as a way to protect or to destroy; when Hobbes identified "the savage state of nature and the evil human nature," he sought the protective quality of sovereignty as a way to shield the masses from "such barbaric and ...

A 5 page research paper that offers brief summations of classical and biological/biosocial approaches to criminology and then briefly compares them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper. We hear a lot about being a global citizen but what does that mean. This essay explains what global citizenship means. Examples are given. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

3 pages in length. Early Americans have a legacy of being indelicate about using descriptive language when discussing the attributes of other cultures. More accurately, history shows quite a vulgar streak of adjectives that, regrettably, have held fast in the American lexicon. So why should it be so surprising to learn those ...

A 5 page essay/research paper that addresses this topic. In the text Taking Sides, Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society, one of the many questions explored by this volume is: Do video games encourage violent behavior? The article that answers "no" to this issue appeared in the August 6, 2005 edition of the ...