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Helping Skills for Human Service Workers

The book helped me to realize the importance of the profession of a human service worker, understand the social mission and moral nature of such a job, and finally comprehend the obligation and duty of [...]
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

A Cry for Help: Problem of Suicides

The world of live events, terrorist attacks, or accidents that result in hundreds or thousands of deaths in a few minutes is the world of today.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 648

Racism Experiences in the Workplace in the UK

This research paper provides the background of racism in the UK, particularly in the area of employment. The UK struggles against racial discrimination and paves the way to equity and inclusion in the area of [...]
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1136

Women’s Rights and Gender Inequality in Saudi Arabia

Indeed, it is crucial to understand the importance of women's rights, see the connections between the past, the present, the local, and the global, and realize how political and media discourse represents the social issue [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1953

Affluenza in Modern Society

However, they have forgotten the need to have a stable society and embarked on a mission to destroy their lives. The fumes emitted from industries, factories and automobiles pollute the environment; as a result, living [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

The Cult of Beauty and Change Action

Some people may object that today young girls are knowledgeable enough to visit specialists on beauty to improve their looks, and this is definitely so in the case with a number of girls.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 855

Gayatri Chakravorty: Can the Subaltern Speak?

This voice seeks to employ the lacking virtues of objectivity and transparency, which are lacking in Foucault and Deleuze's contemporary theory.
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 292

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Anglo-Saxonist Theory of Despair

This review aims to evaluate the contents of the article and assess the effectiveness of the arguments it presents. As the article states, he saw both Englishmen and Americans as heirs to Saxons and attributed [...]
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Racially Insensitive Name-Calling in Classroom

Probably, the teacher had to initiate the lesson devoted to the topic of racial discrimination and to think over all the stages of the discussion, to organize it in a polite and friendly manner.
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1392

Resistance: Definition of Sex and Gender

In the series Buffy the vampire slayer, definition of sex and gender is also evidenced by the roles and responsibilities that men and women have in the society.
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

Intro to Sociology: Poverty

It is challenging to pinpoint the actual and not mythological reasons for the presence of poverty in America. The former can be summed up as a "culture of poverty", which suggests that the poor see [...]
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 651

Juno: Sex and Sexuality in America

As the gospel of abstinence among the youth and faithfulness among the married continue to be preached around the globe, it terrifies to learn that sexual immorality is on the rise.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Dynamics of Intimate Relationships

The dynamics of an intimate relationship may be the same or vary from one relationship to the other. The partners have to be satisfied and to satisfy each other.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

Political Correctness and Society Wellbeing

While most studies concerning the issue trace the origin of political correctness in the eighties and nineties, evidence points out that the concept of political correctness can be traced as far back as the eighteenth [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1241

Veterans: Health, Education and Employment

The numbers of divorces that have occurred between 2000 and 2004 in the military have increased by 53% and this has a lot to do with the stresses that a family may go through in [...]
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1850

Distinct Lower Class Culture: An Impediment to Success

A distinct lower-class culture is the set of cultural values and prospects transmitted to the children raised in the low class and social status within the society; that further acts as an impediment to their [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 752

Should Alcoholic Beverages Be Legalized for All Ages?

Alcohol expectations vary across different cultures and this affects the mode of consumption and the age limit to which alcohol is taken. The loopholes in the law should also be amended to prevent any consumption [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 884

Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America

The abusive spouse wants to feel powerful and in control of the family so he, usually the abusive spouse is the man, beats his wife and children to assert his superiority.
  • Subjects: Violence
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 883

Irish Ideology and Social Policy

The understanding of the factors which limit the responsibility of any state in providing welfare services to its people call for the analysis of the merits and demerits of the mixed welfare economy.
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

Apartment Living and Houseliving

That way it is possible for the people living in a house to control the security system and the responsibility of the security is completely on the people living in the house.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Tattoos-Related Positive and Negative Stereotypes

The Western aversion for the tattooed persons grew out of the experience of the colonists when they came into conflict with indigenous cultures that were rightfully fighting for the defense of their lands. The old [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

The Salvation Army’s Mission and Functions

The Salvation Army is a non-profit organisation that has formed as a global Christian Church to provide a number of welfare tasks to the deprived and affected human being at the time of different natural [...]
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3396

Examining the Perception of Violence in Video Games

To examine the perception of violence in video games and their effects a survey was conducted addressing the current view on video games in general and the visualized violence in particular.
  • Subjects: Violence
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 977

Professional Knowledge and Abilities

Having the necessary knowledge and abilities in a certain profession highly influences people's values and attitudes towards the profession, hence influencing the success of their careers.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Women and Sports. Women’s Participation in Sport

Women represent the main group in American sport involved in such activities as archery, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, bicycling, bowling, etc.despite the great achievements and success of women in sport, they have to prove their unique [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

Early Childhood Studies: Role of Social Workers

Over the course of time, the idea of social work was developing and soon transformed into a necessary help to those members of the human society who were in need due to the new conditions [...]
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3522

Justice and Society: Meritocracy

The notion of Meritocracy can be challenged as the cause of structural inequalities in society in the sense that the socially disadvantaged are never given a chance to reorganize in also becoming competitive like the [...]
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2295

Poverty and Inequality in Modern World

According to Sachs, the main causes of poverty are different economic development of the nations, legal and social problems, and the inability of small governments to fight diseases and improve medical services.
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1423

Sex and Drugs in Southeast Asia

The country is therefore being urged to combat the exclusion of commercial sex workers and Injecting Drug Users to reverse the surging trend of the vice.
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1181

The Debate About Lowering the Drinking Age

The major argument that should be considered in support of lowering the legal drinking age, is that if an individual can be expected to serve in the army and survive the mental trauma that is [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1277

Sociological Perspectives in Organizational Set-Up

The interest of the owners lies in maintaining their authority and control over economic decisions, whereas the interest of the workers lies in overthrowing that class in order to be able to reap the profits [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1416

Sociology: Prejudice and Discrimination in India

The Dalits and the Adivasis and other classes of Indian Society are pursuing the erasure of the age old caste system with the new Indian socialist revolution.
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  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1054

Substance Abuse: Inpatient Rehabilitation

Her parents were alcoholics so that by the time she was fourteen, she already had her first smoke and by the time she got a little older, she was drinking alcohol.
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 1619

Class-Based Health Inequalities in Australia

In Australia, of all the health and health-related issues before the inequality in health is the most politically potent. Nevertheless those social scientists, who have the most detailed knowledge and greatest interest in health inequalities, [...]
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1141

Theoretical Background of School Shooting

Symbolic interactionism theory helps to single out the core elements of violent behaviour and explain the social causes of a school shooting.
  • Subjects: Violence
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1735

The Class Struggle Throughout the History

The advantages of class struggle include the end of social inequality and feelings of deprivation among the individuals. The most influential of his works include "Utilitarianism", "On Liberty" and "On Representative Governments".
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2020

American Dream Is Not a Myth

The paper is based on the argument, a simplified definition of the American dream: the American dream can be defined as "the achievement of economic and social advancement through hard work and determination".
  • Subjects: Overcoming Difficulties
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1522

The Problem of Gender Discrimination

In so doing, it has determined that the number of women in the workforce has systematically and continually risen over the course of the past two decades while the number of men in the workforce [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1232

Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders

The sending of prisoners to work in the industrial zone by Work Release Program is also a good example of another area of cooperation of the correction department and private sector.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 956

Sexual Violence. Explaining Serious Offences

The definition and attitudes towards serious sexual offences vary from and incorporate the legal perspective of the matter and social approach to viewing these offences.
  • Subjects: Violence
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2040

Masculinity as a Gender Oppression and Inequality

Consequently, men address their aggression as a means to demonstrate their contradictions, and women believe that their aggressive behaviors can provide them with the necessary powers.
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Appiah’s Ideas of Racism, Equality, and Justice

The existence of visible differences in people's appearances created the basis for the distribution of populations into groups depending on the color of their skin and some other features.
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

The Issue of Suicide in America

Thus, the article formulates a hypothesis that a person's disassociation with a religious denomination and their divorced marital status are "determinants of suicide rates".
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 386

Zero Hunger and Food Production in Abu Dhabi

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Program have prepared new estimates of the additional investment needed to end hunger sustainably 2030 year.
  • Subjects: Overcoming Difficulties
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 922

Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Ageism, Classism

The absurdity and blatant sexism of this issue made me angry at how the United States is unable to resolve and overcome the lack of gender equality.
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1769

How Bingeing Became the New College Sports by Seaman

Reducing the legal drinking age will not help because students binge not due to lack of legal access, plus it is unclear how the measure will change their drinking habits, and it does not address [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

Consequences of Being Judgemental

Concerning the second story, it is possible to conclude that judgments can have a profound impact on the personality of an individual.
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1066

Gender Inequality: “Caliban and the Witch” by Federici

Federici shows the fall of female ability for autonomy and the rise of patriarchal societies as a result of an emerging emphasis on global trade and the perceived notion that the wealth of the country [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

“The Biggest Bank Heist Ever!” Film Analysis

The absolute focus on the short-term benefits by the perpetrators, their disregard of responsibility for what they have done, and their subsequent lack of punishment were perhaps the three elements that affected me the most.
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 956

Studying Community for Social Project Funding

To obtain funds for the study and the further implementation of appropriate interventions to address the problem and resolve the identified issues, it is crucial to understand the nature of the organization and its resources, [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

Tobacco Debates in “Thank You for Smoking”

The advantage of Nick's strategy is that it offers the consumer a role model to follow: if smoking is considered to be 'cool', more people, especially young ones, will try to become 'cool' using cigarettes.
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 296

Wealth Inequality: Ethical or Unethical?

The first argument is that economic inequality gives rich or wealthier individuals in the society dominion over the lives of the others in the society.
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1967

Gender Equality: Plan to Address the Issue

The vice president of administration and finance should use a powerful plan to address the issues affecting the institution. To begin with, I will use a powerful plan to address the issues affecting different female [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Gender Inequality: Reginald Murphy College

To establish the accuracy of the allegations raised as a group, the factors to ensuring the retrieval of the correct information about the issue in question are the involvement of all members of the administration [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 916

Woman’s Beauty: A Put Down or Power Source

There is a question if anything can be done to defend women and to secure their right to get out of the trap of beauty, thus refusing to do cosmetic surgery.
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Social Work and Homelessness Research Methodology

A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to answer the following research question: what is the effectiveness of the Housing First program to street homelessness based on the experiences of both human service professionals and [...]
  • Subjects: Overcoming Difficulties
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1416

A Look at Homelessness in Chicago

When speaking about this problem in the context of the American city of Chicago, Illinois, it is worth noting that here, the level of homelessness is quite high.
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1434

Race and Education Level Relationships

Some of the underlying issues include segregation, lack of development in the education sector within the poor neighborhoods inhabited by the racial minorities, and the effect of social class on race and opportunities.
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2456

Gentrification and Racial Bias in San Francisco

One of the main conclusions of this paper suggests that gentrification is closely related to racial stereotyping and a lack of respect for the needs of the lower layers of society, especially non-White communities, who [...]
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3792

Modern City and Human Society Evolution

In this regard, it is possible to suggest that the evolution of the modern city will be conditioned by the blistering development of the business world and other tendencies related to the sphere of the [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1140

Age Restrictions on Alcohol Consumption

In my opinion, the average minimum drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years of age because various sources have shown that drinking alcohol for many youths begins as early as the age of eleven [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Equal Pay for Equal Work of Men and Women

As a rule, it is a woman who takes a maternity leave after a birth of a child. Nevertheless, last time there is a tendency for dissolution of the wage gap.
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

Poly Drug Use: Causes and Explanations

Due to the wide availability of alcohol, it is often used in combination with other drugs for an enhanced effect. Another reason for polydrug use is to alleviate the negative effects of a particular drug [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Advocacy Theories: Bias and Prejudice

I will be obliged to respect the values, concepts, and practices of my clients. This knowledge will guide me to develop personalized and culturally competent therapies depending on the attributes of the clients.
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Alcohol as the Most Common Depressant on Earth

While alcohol has medicinal properties and can potentially improve the mood, it has many unwanted side effects and causes more damage around the world than the rest of the drugs combined. The failures of anti-alcohol [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Disabled People and Society’s Attitudes

Available literature demonstrates that the phenomenon of disability in a society is as old as the history of humankind, though a lot of people are yet to come to terms with the fact that people [...]
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 599

Volunteering Portfolio: Methodist Church of Britain

The volunteers also have something to gain from the act; a volunteer is able to view life from positive perspective, they are able to gain experience in their areas of careers, especially college students and [...]
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2757

Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol

One of the implications of the adolescent and adult driving while intoxicated is enduring the life after the occurrence of breaking the law.
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1122

Does Racism and Discrimination Still Exist Today?

This fact explains why racism and discrimination are inseparable in many parts of the globe. Sex discrimination continues to affect the goals and expectations of many women in our society.
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  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 997

Social Issues in Self Help in Hard Times by Zinn

The following are the main points from the chapter 15 of the Self Help in Hard Times book that were determined as Zinn's main points of interest: The first main point of Zinn in this [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Sustainable Communities: Strengths and Weaknesses

If a community suffers from any health problem that comes about because of pollution, chances are high that many resources will be wasted in securing the wellbeing of the community instead of channeling the funds [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1161

Urban Sociology: Does City Makes Us Better People?

Although George Simmel, Karl Marx, and Max Weber focus on the negative impact of the persons' living in the urban society determining the reasons for people's antagonism as a result of the social interactions in [...]
  • Subjects: Society's Imperfections
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1085

Gender, Age and Racial Inequality Issues

Despite a significant progress of developed European countries in that sphere, the childcare in the U.S.is considered more of a woman matter, thus a mother ends up having two jobs: first, the one where she [...]
  • Subjects: Gender Inequality
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 603

Do Urban Environments Promote Freedom?

Lastly, it is the heterogenic environment that contributes largely to the cultivation of the feeling of freedom in the inhabitants of urban cities.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Importance of Naming in American Society

Moreover, having a socially approved name is important, as prejudice and discrimination might occur due to the determination to belonging to the defined culture by the judgment of the name.
  • Subjects: Racism
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

Substance Abuse Treatment

With this in mind, it should also be said that some assessment tool should be created for Sampson to be able to determine whether he has any symptoms of depression or not.
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

The Solution to World Poverty by Peter Singer

Therefore, in the worst case scenario, the implementation of the plan proposed by Singer will lead to the financial instability for not only the beneficiaries, but also for the people donating for the wellbeing of [...]
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 916

Homelessness in the US

The existing policies do not address the problem of homelessness in the US. The constitution was adjusted in 1949 to cater for the needs of the poor in society.
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  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1671

Social Analysis of Magda

Before the beginning of the therapy, a social worker must operate within the law of the UK with regard to anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive practices, and observe the HCPC standards on performance, conduct, and ethics and best [...]
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2509

Understanding Women’s Responses to Domestic Violence

The author's research orientation is a mix of interpretive, positivism and critical science - interpretive in informing social workers or practitioners on how to enhance their effectiveness as they deal with cases related to violence [...]
  • Subjects: Violence
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Drug Abuse Among the Youth

Essentially, this case study will allow the evaluation of the prevailing cases of drug abuse among the youth. In this regard, the pain and peer pleasure cannot be persevered to allow an explicit cure of [...]
  • Subjects: Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Scholarly Research on Children at Risk

This is because such children are at a position of failing to be fruitful in the society. It is going without food for several days, lacking a roof over one's head, it is illnesses brought [...]
  • Subjects: Poverty
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101