Essays and Research Papers on Social Work & Counseling

A 5 page book review and analysis of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice by Meda Chesney-Lind and Randall G. Shelden. These authors make an excellent argument that the topic of female delinquency has been serious neglected, or shoehorned to fit pre-existing theories on delinquency that are predicated on male experience. The authors argue that there ...

A 6 page book analysis of Freeman's sociological study of native women working on the island of Barbados in the "informatics" industry. This term refers to the companies that have located their data entry operations on the island. The purpose of Freeman's study is to examine how this new form of work (data entry) ...

5 pages in length. The writer discusses the meaning of culture as well as its importance to international relations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A seven page paper which looks at some of the underlying social and cultural factors which have influenced the growth of football hooliganism in Britain and Europe, such as alcohol consumption and the rise of subcultures. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 6 page paper considers the incidence of smoking and drinking in these two countries and applies the sociological theory of delinquent subculture to the findings. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

A 21 page paper that examines the effects of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which became law in August 1996 and which replaced AFDC. This essay offers a general introduction to the federal TANF program and then investigates a number of aspects of the programs beginning with TANF spending, including the national averages of ...

5 pages. Abusive behavior many times results when parent's expectations of their children are not met. This paper attempts to educate parents about what they can expect from their children as they develop, as well as what parents can do to deal with feelings of frustration in order to avoid abuse. Bibliography ...

A 5 page research paper that examines person-centered therapy, focusing on the theories of Carl Rogers. The writer discusses the main principles of Rogers' psychotherapeutic approach and the applicability of person-centered therapy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper assessing Marcel Mauss’ “Techniques of the Body” and Clifford Geertz’s “Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man,” followed by a comparison of the two works. Both authors agree that the study of movements, gestures, gait and other issues of body usage are culture-specific. The point ...

A 7 page paper which examines Thomas More, his book “Utopia,” and the impact the work made on society during More’s time. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page review of the elements of effective supervision. This paper relates those elements to the substance abuse therapeutic setting. The author identifies behavioral modification as the most effective approach to couple with effective supervisory theory both in relationships between the therapist and the patient and between the therapist and their supervisor. ...

This 9 page paper discusses the challenges of supervising substance abuse counselors. There is very little literature that addresses this type of supervision but it is known that there are at least three supervision issues in substance abuse counseling that are idiosyncratic to this particular type of counseling. These are identified and discussed. The roles ...

This 5 page report discusses the identification, definition, and measurement of social inequality in terms of differing philosophical constructs. Four theoretical perspectives are considered in the discussion -- Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, as individual writer/philosopher/sociologists and then the larger perspective of feminism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that was initiated under President Clinton's direction. Welfare reform is evaluated in light of economic conditions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the historical extent of Progressivism. Utilizing historian Daniel Rodgers three clusters of ideologies the author of this paper presents the contention that progressivism actually extended through the end of U.S. involvement in World War I. A number of examples are provided to support this contention. Bibliography lists ...

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts ideas from the well known story writers with the infamous sociologist's communist model. Ideas concerning social stratification and family values are highlighted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 6 page paper discussing Skocpol’s use of Mill’s methods of agreement and difference in her studies of social revolutions. In Theda Skocpol’s “States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China”, she uses John Stuart Mills’ methods of agreement and difference to appropriate logical causes of social revolutions in ...

5 pages in length. Because society is fundamentally based upon performance and profit, it is not unusual to find that the concept of prevention is completely lost in the muck and mire of bottom line earnings. Based upon theories of productivity, it is not the least bit shocking to find that many contemporary ...

This 7 page paper provides data and statistical information about homeless families in the world, the United States, Georgia and most specifically Atlanta. The problem of homelessness is addressed. An overview of one shelter is provided. There is a decided focus on homeless families and available resources for women and children. Bibliography ...

This paper examines the concept of the Social Judgment Theory in its role as a tool of persuasion. The paper describes the theory, discusses its origins and places it in context with an example -- the O.J. Simpson Murder trial. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 5 page original short story about the acceptance of two sisters who had been estranged for five years. The older sister, Fiona, was always the organizer and disciplinarian of her younger sister, through which the story is told in first person. The sisters meet again at their father’s funeral and somehow make ...

This 5 page paper argues that Marxism is brilliant but man has flaws and so cannot implement the model properly. The paper also suggests that communism has never been implemented in the way that Marx laid out which is the reason for its failure. Communism is compared with socialism. No additional sources cited. ...

A 5 page overview of the meaning and intent of this early twentieth century work. Written from a structural functionalist approach, this paper attempts to use DuBois’ work to define black existence within context of the white society beside which it exists. The author of this paper contends that the ethnic relations illustrated ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing Rigoberta Menchu’s expanding understanding of “community”. Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan born in poverty in Guatemala, probably did not intend to become an international spokesperson for human rights and global community responsibility but living in the oppressed poor population of Guatemala and seeing her family members killed by the ...

This 5 page report discusses Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and her use of a reference to Linder and Nygaard’s Void Where Prohibited: Rest Breaks and the Right to Urinate on Company Time. The effectiveness of using that reference is discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.