Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

5 pages in length. One can readily argue that the process a social worker goes through when her session with a client is about to be terminated bears significant similarity to the separation between a parent and a child. Indeed, the role of a social worker is to nurture and rebuild, two integral ...

This 10 page report discusses the differences that exist in academic achievement of children from a single parent home and those from homes in which two parents are present. Convincing arguments have been made for all sides of the question. In fact, there are those researchers who believe that it is not possible to accurately determine a child’s academic ...

A five page paper which gives an overview of the Chicago school theory of social disorganisation, and applies it to the cultural values and peer-group bonding demonstrated in Boyz N The Hood. Bibliography lists 3 sources

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 ...

A 7 page paper that discusses the theory of modularity, cognitive bias and adaptability, and Gilovich's book, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life. Examples of faulty reasoning and cognitive bias are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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 ...

A 5 page paper which discusses how body language can be used to communicate honestly, dishonestly, or unintentionally. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Due to the multiple risk factors – both physiological and psychological – for adolescent mothers and their children, prevention of repeat pregnancies needs to assume a higher priority than it has in the past. The socioeconomic elements involved with the multiple risk factors of teen pregnancy cannot go unnoticed, ...

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 ...

9 pages in length. The writer discusses the difference between peer influence and parental influence as they relate to issues of sex, drugs, alcohol, dieting and delinquency. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses several life changing events, experienced by the author, which take place in "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt. No additional sources cited.

A five page paper which looks at Wade Clark Roof’s overview of spiritual paths and beliefs in modern America, and his analysis of the way in the baby-boomer generation has changed the nature of religious worship and the structure of religious communities. Bibliography lists 1 source

A 7 page paper which discusses various aspects of the film/novel, "Ordinary People," written by Judith Guest, as it involves issues relevant to social workers. No additional sources cited.

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.

A 7 page paper which discusses various aspects of generation X. The paper defines what generation X is and what some of their habits are. The paper presents the argument that this generation is often misunderstood and considered unmotivated, if not essentially useless to a large extent, while in fact, it is a generation proving to be incredibly unique ...

A 7 page research paper that reports on Jane Addams' Hull House, the first "settlement" house in the US. Patterned after a British settlement house, Addams enlarged greatly on this model and offered Chicago immigrants around Hull House services that included everything from day care to acting as an employment bureau. The writer reports on ...

An 8 page overview of the many problems confronting Asian Americans in mainstream America. Provides statistics on the growing Asian American component of the population and an overview of discrimination, pressure to conform, and stereotyping which are all too often an integral component of the Asian American experience. Emphasizes the experience of Korean American ...

5 pages in length. Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche were considered great thinkers of their time. Assessing the two philosophers' conjecture on self-alienation, one finds that both men took issue with the manner by which society treated the average person, implying that social hierarchy could be to blame for myriad issues of the ...

5 pages in length. This paper researches the topic of voter behavior. What type reasoning do voters use when choosing a candidate? What kind of factors do they take into consideration? How do they make sense of the information to which they have access? These and other questions are answered as the writer examines ...

This 10 page report discusses teenage drinking, its impact, consequences, and dangers. Alcohol use does not start out as an addiction, but it can develop into a psychological addiction very quickly. The simple fact is that adolescent involvement with alcohol and the prevalence of teenage alcohol abuse are major public health problems in the United States. Teenage alcohol use is an ...