Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

This 3-page paper analyzes the article "Minority Threat and Police Brutality: Determinants of Civil Rights Criminal Complaints in U.S. Municipalities" by Malcolm Holmes.

This 4-page paper provides a definition and overview of critical thinking. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of assurance. A hypothetical trade agreement is assessed through assurance concepts. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

A 5 page paper that reports an observation at an ethnic food market. Descriptions of the store, employees, customers, and stock are reported. The atmosphere of the store is also described. The trend in purchases is relayed, e.g., who purchased mostly Mexican imported foods and who purchased mostly national brands. The snack bar operations are ...

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts the traditional forms of dating with its online counterpart. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.

In three pages this paper examines how eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia can be successfully treated by increasing self-esteem. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the Muslim population in New Zealand. An increasing immigrant population and a rise in the number of refugees settling in New Zealand have led to a growing population of Muslim New Zealanders. This paper reflects the challenges for police resulting from changing populations. Bibliography ...

This 30 page research paper offers a comprehensive review of literature that summarizes current research studies that pertain to treatment and rehabilitation of individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder, with particular attention paid to those clients suffering from alcohol use disorder. Topics covered include DSM-5 criteria, general background information and personal effects; physical effects, psychological ...

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about social media and technology. The author of this paper discusses how social media may be used in a fictional world where a virus makes personal contact impossible. There is one source cited in this paper.

A 4 page research paper that discusses the emerging problem of employed, formerly middle class families that fall into homelessness due to their inability to weather a financial crisis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page essay discusses Claude Brown's autobiography Manchild in the Promised Land, which was first published in 1965, in terms of the sociological perspectives of symbolic interaction, functionalism and conflict theory. No additional sources are cited.

This 20 page paper provides an overview of a proposed study on the effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) on women and children. This paper considers the issue of IPV and its prevalence in the United States and then relates a way of studying the impacts on particular populations. Bibliography lists 10 sources. ...

In a paper of seven pages, the author writes about The Missing Class. The author of this paper discuses the problems of the near poor in relation to the impoverished in America. There are five sources cited in this paper.

This 2 page paper provides the speaker notes for a PowerPoint demonstration that contains 6 slides (khdomabuse.ppt) and it addresses the topic of domestic abuse. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper discuses counseling an African American couple in regards to domestic violence. The writer draws on social learning theory as the basis for the approach to counseling and describes how the intervention should employ cognitive behavioral strategies to accomplish goals. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page research paper recounts the condition of Lisa, her adoptive mother Hedda Nussbaum and a baby that police and emergency personnel found when they answered an emergency call in 1987. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 2 page paper gives a summary of a chapter cornering the initial stages of engagement with a helping or therapeutic relationship. The summary includes the meaning of engagement and influences that impact on the way it takes place.

This 3 page research paper draws upon interviews with burglars conducted by Richard Wright and Scott Decker. The paper focuses on what these men related about how they became involved with burglary; how their burglaries are organized; the process of selecting targets; absence or presence of guilt; and the role of substance abuse in burglary. ...

A 3 page paper that presents a case narrative summary of a client. Family background, education and experience, physical and psychological health problems, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations. No Bibliography.

This 6 page paper gives the substance of an interview with a mixed race couple, Hispanic and white, and discusses it in terms of counseling issues. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of literature that discusses the nature of recreational/leisure activity programs for vulnerable and at-risk youth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper that provides a literature review that is applicable to the situation of a single, undocumented Hispanic mother. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper discuses the case of an older Hispanic woman who wishes to remarry and is faced with opposition from her adult children. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page paper that provides an analysis of the family in the movie, Juno. Using the interactionist perspective, the essay discusses how Juno, the family and others handled this situation. The essay comments on health, sociocultural factors, nutritional and medical issues, how Juno's condition affected the family, Juno's own reaction as well as ...

This 4 page essay offers recommendations concerning how child maltreatment services could be improved, with a particular focus on child protective services (CPS). Bibliography includes 1 source.