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Social Issues Study Guides
Bullying and Prevention
Breaking the Cycle: The Case Against Bullying
Foster Care and Youth Independence
Financial Literacy Training for Foster Care Youth
Sexual Violence
Rape as a Social Issue: Causes, Theories, and Solutions
Social Media and Social Work
YouTube as a Social Support Tool: Networks, Identity, Ethics
Public Health Policy
Healing, Not Punishing: Drug Addiction as a Public Health Crisis
American Dream and Economic Mobility
Meritocracy's Broken Promise: The American Dream Today
Adoption and Family Policy
Open vs. Closed Adoption: Identity, Policy, Reform
Public Health and Addiction
Chains of Compulsion: Biology, Society, and Drug Addiction
Ethical Leadership
Mandela's Moral Architecture: Servant Leadership Examined
Criminal Justice
Beyond Punishment: How U.S. Corrections Fails Rehabilitation
Media and Violence
Screen Violence and Real Harm: Weighing Media's Influence
Criminal Justice
Systemic Violence: The Case for Structural Reform of Policing
Terrorism and Political Violence
Terror's Architecture: Causes, Impact, and Prevention
Drug Policy and Public Health
Treating, Not Punishing: The Case for Health-Based Addiction Policy
Education Policy
Closing the Gap: A Case for Universal School Lunch
American Pluralism and Democracy
Many Voices, One Nation: Pluralism in American Life
Cultural Anthropology
Ritual, Identity, and Belonging: An Ethnography of a CrossFit Box
Mental Health
Mirror, Media, and Mind: The Multicausal Web of Eating Disorders
Juvenile Justice
Accountability vs. Rehabilitation: Juveniles in Adult Courts
Gun Violence and School Safety
Systemic Failure: The Case for Comprehensive School Shooting Policy
Criminology
Bundy's Blueprint: How a Killer Reshaped Criminal Profiling
Population and Environment
Beyond Carrying Capacity: Overpopulation and Resource Scarcity
Criminology
Poverty, Family, and Health: The Roots of Juvenile Delinquency
Medical Ethics
Dying with Dignity: The Case for Legalizing Euthanasia
Environmental Justice
Sacrifice Zones: Environmental Racism and the Fight for Justice
Public Health
Smoke and Pressure: The Social Roots of Teenage Smoking
Immigration Policy
Earned Belonging: The Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Cyberbullying and Online Harassment
Digital Harm: Cyberbullying's Reach, Effects, and Solutions
Mental Health
Dismantling Stigma: Mental Health Awareness as Social Justice
African-American Civil Rights
Amiri Baraka's Role in the Black Arts Movement
Road Safety and Public Policy
Mobile Phone Distracted Driving Laws and Safety in UAE
Race and Identity in America
Race, Identity, and Mixed-Race Families in The Color of Water
Race and Gender Studies
Bell Hooks and the Oppositional Gaze: Race, Gender, and Power
Race and Urban Inequality
Liberty City and America's Struggle for Social Justice
Gender-Based Violence
Marital Rape: History, Effects, and Survivor Interventions
Race and Intellectual History
Race, Enlightenment, and Negritude: From Gobineau to DuBois
Hate Groups and Extremism
Aryan Nations: Origins, Ideology, and Decline
Community Organizations and Safety
Brightwood Community Center: Safety Policy Analysis
Race and Discrimination
A Class Divided: Lessons on Prejudice, Race, and Bias
Children and Family Policy
Parental Incarceration and Its Effects on Children in Child Welfare
Homelessness and Poverty
Homelessness in the United States: Causes and Demographics
Gender and Feminist Theory
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence: A Close Reading
Poverty and Inequality
The Working Poor by Shipler: Book Review Summary
Race and Law Enforcement
Racial Profiling: Rights, Racism, and Law Enforcement
Language and Race in Education
The Oakland Ebonics Controversy: Language, Race, and Education
Gender and Culture
Cultural Influences on Women's Roles: Korean and Japanese Students
Hate Crimes and Bias Violence
The Laramie Project: Hate Crime, Culture, and Tolerance
Gender and Education
Women's Marginalization in Academia: Irigaray and Schiebinger