The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems: Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9781108426176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 570 str.

A. Javier Trevino

Opis

Offers a wide-ranging roster of the social problems currently pressing for attention and amelioration.

Spis treści

Part I. Problems Related to Health, Safety, and Security: 1. Illness and health care Erin Ruel and Amanda Powell; 2. Mental illness and social problems Joan Busfield; 3. Substance abuse Clayton Mosher and Scott Akins; 4. Epidemics, pandemics, and outbreaks Martin French, Eric Mykhalovskiy and Carmen Lamothe; 5. Disaster as social problem and social construct Kathleen Tierney; 6. Surveillance S. E. Costanza; 7. Domestic spying: a historical-comparative perspective Mathieu Deflem, Derek M. D. Silva and Anna S. Rogers; 8. Computer hacking as a social problem Brian Alleyne; 9. War and militarism Daniel Burland; 10. The social problem of terrorism Pat Lauderdale and Annamarie Oliverio; 11. Genocide Christopher Powell; Part II. Problems Related to Crime and Violence: 12. The problem of crime Walter S. DeKeseredy; 13. Corporate malfeasance as a social problem Melissa Rorie; 14. The construction of school bullying as a social problem Jeffrey W. Cohen and Robert A. Brooks; 15. Rampage school shootings Jack Levin and Eric Madfis; 16. Understanding sexual violence: the role of causal and precipitating factors in sexual offending Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan; 17. Critical and intersectional understandings of campus sexual assault as a social problem Ashley C. Rondini; 18. Child abuse and neglect Mark A. Winton; 19. Family violence Claire M. Renzetti and Allison M. Adair; 20. Juvenile violence Kathleen M. Heide; 21. Gangs and gang violence Erika Gebo; 22. State violence M. Gabriela Torres; 23. Hate crime Paul Iganski and Abe Sweiry; 24. Police brutality Malcolm D. Holmes; 25. Capital punishment/death penalty Michael L. Radelet and Scott Phillips; 26. Wrongful convictions: comparative perspectives Marvin Zalman; Part VI. Problems of global impact: 27. Urbanism and urbanization Ranita Ray and Michael Ian Borer; 28. Technology and social problems Govert Valkenburg and Harro van Lente; 29. Population and contemporary social problems Fred M. Shelley; 30. Environmental problems Kayla Stover.