Running Head: Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues The topic of choice is the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world. HIV/AIDS has been a main concern for the world since its emergence in the 1980’s. “The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the United States through 2009 was about 1 million cases. Worldwide‚ the prevalence of HIV/AIDS varies from less than 0.1 percent to 15–28 percent of a country’s population”
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The Criminal Justice System is plagued with social issues in this ever changing society. Youth violence has become a growing problem due to the economic breakdown in the inner cities and the availability of illegal guns. Criminal Justice professionals are responsible for the control of illegal guns and the gun markets. Youth in today’s society have turned to dealing drugs and gangs because they see no other way out of their economic and social pressures. Criminal Justice professionals need more training
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A Christmas Carol Many social issue are in Charles Dickens‚ A Christmas Carol‚ with the vast majority of them having to do with scrooge. Scrooge begins the story with no Christmas spirit whatsoever‚ but he changes into a warmhearted teddybear at the end. A Christmas Carol shows that kindness is the way to go rather than being mean and greedy. A social issue that is touched on in this novel is the lack of sympathy that people have towards each other. Scrooge is mean to his family and friends
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The first primary moral issue is that Ms. Jones endured with extreme substance abuse and lost guardianship of her children various times. Her mother deals with the children when she loses authority and Susan; the families social worker continually tries to keep in contact with her updated status of Ms. Jones. This is a moral issue because according to the Code of Ethics (COE) of the National Association of Social Workers (2008) states that “social workers should not take any part in a dual relationship
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leaving him to hold eleven hostages in the ER until the hospital puts his son’s name on the list for the transplant. As John and his wife Denise searched ways to come up with the $75‚000 down payment‚ unfortunately‚ they were unsuccessful. The social justice issue that is presented is the healthcare system. The Archibald’s did not have access to a sufficient healthcare even though John had insurance through his job there were restrictions due to his hours putting him at part-time and not a full-time
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Following many years of struggle‚ separation‚ and social injustice‚ the 1960s was a period of social and political revival. Particularly regarding racial equality‚ Congress ratified the Civil Right’s Act of 1964 which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin. With several prominent civil right’s activists present‚ such as the well-respected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill on July 2‚ 1964. In theory‚ the new legislation
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problem‚ rather than a social issue. While a person can be conflicted by personal problems‚ larger‚ less direct issues can come across as well. Something that affects a mass amount of people‚ and as a whole the group can benefit from the resolution of this issue; it would be a social issue. These problems or issues less directly‚ but most certainly affect the individual. It is important to differentiate between the two because in order address either of these two issues‚ you must prioritize
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The 3 Most Pressing Issues The three most pressing social issues in the United States today are the economy‚ lack of appropriate education‚ and our priorities. In the U.S. today our national debt is over fifteen trillion dollars. Our national unemployment rate is 8.5%. Big businesses seem to continue to flourish at the working classes’ expense. When the wealthy lose their jobs‚ they tend to have “nest eggs” or resources that they can rely on until another position comes available. Yes‚ they sometimes
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Social Auditing: Environmental Ethics Issues Characters: George Holt financial director Kim Hopkins internal auditor Senior Management Brian Henderson professional accountant (friend) Phone ringing by George to Kim George: hello!!!! Kim Kim: Yes‚ sir!!! George: Kim‚ I would like to highlight to you‚ that our management board meetings is schedule to next week Monday. Kim: Humm!!! George:I want you to make audit report on the company’s affaires….including graphs and figures…with full
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COM/156 March 20‚ 2011 Instructor Karen Lawler The Social Security Retirement Issue Millions of Americans are concerned about whether or not their years of hard work and contributions into the Social Security fund will be in vain. Social Security was initially established in 1935 as a social insurance effort by the United States Government. (Social Security‚”2010) This effort is funded by contributions from payroll taxes matched by employers known as the Federal Insurance Contributions
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