The Social Problem The social problem that was identified in the helping relationship is a return to alcohol use or relapse. The participant in the helping project admitted she had been in substance abuse treatment twice‚ but was unable to remain abstinent from alcohol use. This‚ according to her is a relapse‚ however‚ Miller (1996) identifies relapse as a return to alcohol and/or drug dependent behavior in a person who has previously achieved and maintained abstinence for a significant
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The family is a social institution that has been underestimated and placed in a box for generations. In America‚ television and media has portrayed the “typical” family to be a Caucasian bread winning father‚ homemaker wife‚ and there 2 kids all living under one roof. But according to Eitzner’s book “Social Problems”‚ the actualization of how a family looks under one roof is based on economic conditions‚ and the typical family portrait never applied to immigrants and racial minorities because these
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Social Problems in America Many of Americans today do not take the time to realize that our nation is little by little falling apart. Our leaders are corrupt‚ our environment is being destroyed‚ and there are thousands of children being born each day. The three major social problems facing the American citizens in the 21st century are births to unmarried woman‚ being able to trust or government and or leaders‚ and lastly destroying the environment. The first major social problem facing
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In Solutions to Social Problems From the Bottom Up: Successful Social Movements by D. Stanley Eitzen and Kenneth Stewart‚ a light is shone on how incredibly powerful social movements may be. The United States has been no stranger to social movements and the influential leaders that have made them known. The novel describes in detail the various accounts that African Americans‚ women and other minorities fought for equal rights in the United States and even around the world. The first three chapters
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Rape: A Social Problem Deanna Havens Soc 203: Social Problems Dr. Rollins July 23‚ 2011 Rape is a part of society. Rape is and always will be a social problem. Sexual assault is defined as a sexual act performed without consent‚ the violation of one person by another. Rather than an act of sexual gratification‚ rape is an angry and violent expression of the rapist’s desire to dominate someone else (Ledray‚ 1986‚ pg. 1-2). Rape not only affects the victim‚ it also affects family‚ friends and
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Teenagers social problems can be related to anything that happens in this society. Teenagers can be affected about anything. They grow in a society that still has many unresolved issues and they are the ones that have to suffer. Social problems can be as simple as listening to loud music in a park. This might disturb many people‚ or smoking on the street. These simple and most common things can be considered social problems. More serious ones are for example those related to drug abuse in high schools
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Immigration‚ A Social problem People believe that immigration is generally a problem to the economy. Resorbing a negative abstract and a source of taking up valuable resources. The government has kept a social problem amongst the economic impact of the immigrants around us. Illegal immigrants‚ also known as aliens‚ are still being observed and noticed as racial profiling and being noticed as a minority groups still occur. One of which is the country closest to us‚ Mexico‚ whom is believed to
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Sociology 103 Research Project April 25‚ 2011 Overpopulation as a Social Problem In our world today‚ there are shocking numbers. For example‚ 3 people are born every second‚ 170 people are born every minute‚ 10‚000 people are born every hour‚ and 240‚000 people are born every day (Heyword‚ n.d.). The world’s population is currently approximately 6.9 billion people‚ yet the sustainable population level based on available resources is approximately 2-3 billion people‚ based on a European standard
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pollution from household and industrial wastewater‚ substances generated by the thriving industrial activities have caused serious dumping issues. Environmental contamination caused by hazardous waste threatens to become Thailand’s worst environmental problem in the future. The motorcycles make up around 75% of the vehicles on the road in Thailand. In most areas of the country‚ air pollutants for vehicles are now within acceptable levels according to national standards. Factories and power plants have
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Namibia society seems to be in a social crisis as stated in (The Namibian‚ 2013)‚ this is due to all the rapes and gender based violence and loss of jobs that is seen happening. The people in our society that are mostly affected by these acts are the female members of society who are always unaware until the last moment‚ which is usually the case when it comes to gender based violence and other sort of abuse. These acts of violence and abuse have become a popular problem in many communities as it is
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