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1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations, maps. |
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data file rda |
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Encyclopedia |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1. Ability Grouping -- Abortion -- Abuse, Child -- Abuse, Child Sexual -- Abuse, Elderly -- Abuse, Intimate Partner -- Abuse, Sibling -- Academic Standards -- Accidents, Automobile -- Acculturation -- Acid Rain -- Activity Theory -- Addiction -- Adoption -- Adoption, Gay and Lesbian -- Adoption, Transracial -- Affirmative Action -- Affirmative Defense -- Afrocentricity -- Ageism -- Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- Alcoholism -- Alienation -- American Dream -- Americanization -- Anomie -- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 -- Anti-Globalization Movement -- Anti-Semitism -- Apartheid -- Arms Control -- Arson -- Assault -- Assimilation -- Asylum -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Automation -- Baby Boomers -- Backlash -- Bail and Judicial Treatment -- Bankruptcy, Business -- Bankruptcy, Personal -- Basic Skills Testing -- Bereavement, Effect by Race -- Bilingual Education -- Binge Drinking -- Bioethics -- Biracial -- Birth Rate -- Bisexuality -- Black Codes -- Black Nationalism -- Black Power Movement -- Blaming the Victim -- Body Image -- Boomerang Generation -- Boot Camps -- Bootstrap Theory -- Bracero Program -- Brown volume Board of Education -- Budget Deficits, U.S. -- Bullying -- Bureaucracy -- Burglary -- Burnout -- Capital Flight -- Capital Punishment -- Carjacking -- Charter Schools -- Chicano Movement -- Child Abduction -- Child Care Safety -- Child Neglect -- Chronic Diseases -- Citizen Militias -- Citizenship -- Civil Rights -- Claims Making -- Class -- Class Consciousness -- Club Drugs -- Cocaine and Crack -- Codependency -- Cohabitation -- Collateral Damage -- Collective Consciousness -- Colonialism -- Communitarianism -- Community -- Community Corrections -- Community Crime Control -- Community Service -- Comparable Worth -- Computer Crime -- Conflict Perspective -- Conflict Resolution -- Conglomerates -- Conservative Approaches -- Conspicuous Consumption -- Contingent Work -- Contraception -- Corporate Crime -- Corporate State -- Corruption -- Countermovements -- Crime -- Crime, Fear of -- Crime Rates -- Crime Waves -- Cults -- Cultural Capital -- Cultural Criminology -- Cultural Diffusion -- Cultural Imperialism -- Cultural Lag -- Cultural Relativism -- Cultural Values -- Culture of Dependency -- Culture of Poverty -- Culture Shock -- Culture Wars -- Current Account Deficit -- Cyberspace -- Debt Service -- Decriminalization -- Deforestation -- Deindustrialization -- Deinstitutionalization -- Dementia -- Demilitarization -- Democracy -- Demographic Transition Theory -- Dependency Ratio -- Deportation -- Deregulation -- Desertification -- Deterrence Programs -- Deviance -- Differential Association -- Digital Divide -- Dillingham Flaw -- Disability and Disabled -- Disasters -- Discrimination -- Discrimination, Institutional -- Disengagement Theory -- Divorce -- Domestic Partnerships -- Domestic Violence -- Downsizing -- Drug Abuse -- Drug Abuse, Crime -- Drug Abuse, Prescription Narcotics -- Drug Abuse, Sports -- Drug Subculture -- Drunk Driving -- Dual-Income Families -- Eating Disorders -- Economic Development -- Economic Restructuring -- Ecosystem -- Edge Cities -- Education, Academic Performance -- Education, Inner-City Schools -- Education, Policy and Politics -- Education, School Privatization -- Education, Silencing -- Education, Special Needs Children -- Educational Equity -- Elderly Socioeconomic Status -- Eminent Domain -- English as a Second Language -- English-Only Movement -- Entrapment -- Environment, Eco-Warriors -- Environment, Hazardous Waste -- Environment, Pollution -- Environment, Runoff and Eutrophication -- Environment, Sewage Disposal -- Environmental Crime -- Environmental Degradation -- Environmental Hazards -- Environmental Justice -- Environmental Movement -- Environmental Racism -- Epidemics, Management of -- Equal Protection -- Erosion -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Ethnic Group -- Ethnicity -- Ethnocentrism -- Ethnomethodology -- Eugenics -- Euthanasia -- Evaluation Research -- Extinction -- Extramarital Sex -- Faith-Based Social Initiatives -- False Consciousness -- Family -- Family, Blended -- Family, Dysfunctional -- Family, Extended -- Family, Nuclear -- Family Leave Act -- Family Reunification -- Famine -- Fathers' Rights Movement -- Felony -- Female Genital Cutting -- Feminism -- Feminist Theory -- Feminization of Poverty -- Fertility -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- Fetal Narcotic Syndrome -- Flextime -- Focus Groups -- Food Insecurity and Hunger -- Foster Care -- Foster Children, Aging Out -- Fundamentalism -- Gambling -- Gangs -- Gangsta Rap -- Gateway Drugs -- Gender Bias -- Gender Gap -- Gender Identity and Socialization -- Genetically Altered Foods -- Genetic Engineering -- Genetic Theories -- Genocide -- Gentrification -- Gerrymandering -- Gini Coefficient -- Glass Ceiling -- Global Economy -- Globalization -- Global Warming -- Grade Inflation -- Groupthink -- Gun Control -- Harm Reduction Drug Policy -- Hate Crimes -- Hate Groups -- Hate Speech -- Health Care, Access -- Health Care, Costs -- Health Care, Ideological Barriers to Change -- Health Care, Insurance -- Hegemony -- Heroin -- Hidden Curriculum -- Hierarchy of Needs -- HIV/AIDS, Reaching High-Risk Populations -- Holocaust -- Homelessness -- Homelessness, Youth -- Homophobia -- Homosexuality -- Hospices -- Hostile Environment -- Housing -- Human Rights -- Human Trafficking -- Hypersegregation -- Identity Politics -- Identity Theft -- Illegitimate Opportunity Structures -- Illiteracy, Adult in Developed Nations -- Illiteracy, Adult in Developing Nations -- Immigration -- Immigration, United States -- Imperialism -- Incarceration, Societal Implications -- Incest -- Income Disparity -- Index of Dissimilarity -- Inequality -- Infant Mortality -- Inflation -- Inner City -- Inner-Ring Suburb -- Innocence Project -- Institutional Ethnography -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Interlocking Directorates -- Intermarriage -- Internal Colonialism -- Invasion-Succession -- IQ Testing -- Islam and Modernity. |
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Vol. 2. Jim Crow -- Job Satisfaction -- Judicial Discretion -- Justice -- Juvenile Delinquency -- Juvenile Institutionalization, Effects of -- Juvenile Justice System -- Labeling Theory -- Labor, Child -- Labor, Division of -- Labor, Migrant -- Labor Force Participation Rate -- Labor Market -- Labor Movement -- Labor Racketeering -- Labor Sectors -- Labor Unions -- Latent Functions -- Learning Disorders -- Life Chances -- Life Course -- Life Expectancy -- Literacy, Adult -- Literacy, Economic -- Living Wage -- Lynching -- Magnet Schools -- Managed Care -- Manifest Functions -- Marginality -- Marijuana -- Mass Media -- Mass Murder -- Mass Transit -- Means-Tested Programs -- Media -- Mediation -- Medicaid -- Medical-Industrial Complex -- Medicalization -- Medical Malpractice -- Medicare -- Megacities -- Megalopolis -- Megamergers -- Melting Pot -- Mental Depression -- Mental Health -- Methadone -- Middleman Minority -- Migration, Global -- Militarism -- Military-Industrial Complex -- Minimum Competency Test -- Minority Group -- Miscegenation -- Misdemeanor -- Missing Children -- Mixed Economy -- Modernization Theory -- Mommy Track -- Monopolies -- Moral Entrepreneurs -- Mortality Rate -- Multiculturalism -- Multinational Corporations -- Multiracial Identity -- Murder -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Nation Building -- Native Americans, Cultural Degradation -- Native Americans, Reservation Life -- Nativism -- Nature-Nurture Debate -- Neighborhood Watch -- Neo-Malthusians -- Neuroses -- NIMBYism -- No Child Left Behind Act -- Nonrenewable Resources -- Norms -- Nuclear Proliferation -- Nursing Home Care -- Obesity -- Obscenity -- Occupational Safety and Health -- Oligarchy -- Oligopoly -- One-Drop Rule -- Oppositional Culture Theory -- Organized Crime -- Outsourcing -- Ozone -- Pandemics -- Parole -- Patriarchy -- PATRIOT ACT -- Peacekeeping -- Pedophilia -- Pensions and Social Security -- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act -- Personhood, Evolving Notions of -- Pink-Collar Occupations -- Piracy, Intellectual Property -- Plagiarism -- Plea Bargaining -- Plessy volume Ferguson -- Pluralism -- Police -- Police Stress -- Policing, Community -- Policing, Strategic -- Political Action Committees -- Political Fragmentation -- Politics and Christianity -- Population, Graying Of -- Population Growth -- Pornography -- Pornography, Child -- Pornography and the Internet -- Postindustrialism -- Postmodernism -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Poverty -- Poverty, Children Worldwide -- Power -- Power Elite -- Prejudice -- Premarital Sex -- Prestige -- Prison -- Prison, Convict Criminology -- Prisons, Gangs -- Prisons, Overcrowding -- Prisons, Pregnancy and Parenting -- Prisons, Privatization -- Prisons, Riots -- Prisons, Violence -- Privacy -- Probation -- Prohibition -- Propaganda -- Property Crime -- Prostitution -- Prostitution, Child -- Psychoactive Drugs, Misuse of -- Psychopath -- Psychoses -- Public Opinion -- Public-Private Dichotomy -- Queer Theory -- Race -- Race-Blind Policies -- Racial Formation Theory -- Racial Profiling -- Racism -- Rape -- Rape, Acquaintance or Date -- Rape, Marital -- Rape, Statutory -- Rational Choice Theory -- Reasonable Suspicion -- Recidivism -- Redistricting, Congressional Districts -- Redistricting, School Districts -- Redlining -- Refugees -- Rehabilitation -- Relative Deprivation -- Religion, Civil -- Religion and Conflict -- Religion and Politics -- Religious Extremism -- Religious Holidays as Social Problems -- Religious Prejudice -- Reparations -- Repatriation -- Resettlement -- Resource Mobilization -- Restorative Justice -- Retirement -- Riots -- Road Rage -- Role Conflict -- Role Strain -- Runaways -- Same-Sex Marriage -- Sanctuary Movement -- Sandwich Generation -- Scapegoating -- School Dropouts -- School Funding -- School Prayer -- School Segregation -- School Violence -- School Vouchers -- Scientific Management -- Secondhand Smoke -- Second Shift -- Secularization -- Segmented Assimilation -- Segregation -- Segregation, De Facto -- Segregation, De Jure -- Segregation, Gender -- Segregation, Occupational -- Segregation, Residential -- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -- Sentencing Disparities -- Serial Murder -- Service Economy -- Sex Education -- Sexism -- Sexism, Advertising -- Sexism, Music -- Sex Trafficking -- Sexual Harassment -- Sexuality -- Sexualization of Mainstream Media -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Sexual Orientation -- Shoplifting -- Single Mothers -- Situation Ethics -- Skills Mismatch -- Slavery -- Smoking -- Social Bond Theory -- Social Capital -- Social Change -- Social Conflict -- Social Constructionist Theory -- Social Control -- Social Disorganization -- Social Distance -- Social Exclusion -- Social Institutions -- Socialism -- Socialized Medicine -- Social Mobility -- Social Movements -- Social Networks -- Social Promotions -- Social Revolutions -- Socioeconomic Status -- Sociopath -- Special Interest Groups -- Split Labor Market -- Stalking -- Standardized Testing -- Standpoint Theory -- State Crimes -- Status Offenses -- Stereotyping -- Stigma -- Strain Theory -- Stratification, Age -- Stratification, Gender -- Stratification, Race -- Stratification, Social -- Stressors -- Subculture of Violence Hypothesis -- Subcultures -- Suicide -- Surveillance -- Sustainable Development -- Sweatshop -- Taylorism -- Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting -- Temperance Movement -- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families -- Terrorism -- Terrorism, Counterterrorism Approaches -- Terrorism, Domestic Spying -- Theft -- Theory -- Therapeutic Communities -- Think Tanks -- Three Strikes Laws -- Title IX -- Torture -- Total Fertility Rate -- Total Institution -- Totalitarianism -- Toxic Waste -- Traffic Congestion -- Transgender and Transsexuality -- Transition Living -- Transnational Activism -- Transnational Families -- Transnational Social Movement -- Trickle-Down Economics -- Twelve-Step Programs -- Underclass Debate -- Underemployment -- Underground Economy -- Undocumented Immigrants -- Unemployment -- Uniform Crime Report -- Urban Decline -- Urban Infrastructure -- Urbanization -- Urban Renewal -- Urban Sprawl -- Urban Underclass -- Values -- Vandalism -- Vegetarian Movement -- Victimization -- Victimless Crimes -- Victim-Offender Mediation Model -- Vigilantism -- Violence -- Violence, Collective -- Violence, Sexual -- Violent Crime -- Voter Apathy -- Wage Gap -- War -- War Crimes -- Water Organization -- Water Quality -- Water Resources -- Wealth, U.S. Consumer -- Wealth Disparities -- Welfare -- Welfare Capitalism -- Welfare States -- White-Collar Crime -- White Flight -- White Supremacy -- Widowhood -- Women's Rights Movement -- Working Poor -- World-Systems Analysis -- Xenophobia -- Zero Population Growth -- Zero-Tolerance Policies. |
| Summary |
Provides as comprehensive an approach as possible to this multifaceted field, utilizing experts from numerous disciplines. These subject areas include anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, communications, criminal justice, demography, economics, education, environmental studies, geography, health, history, languages, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women's studies. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Social problems -- Encyclopedias.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Social problems. (OCoLC)fst01122778
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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| Added Author |
Parrillo, Vincent N.
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Sage Publications.
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Sage eReference (Online service)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Encyclopedia of social problems. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2008 9781412941655 1412941652 (DLC) 2008001214 (OCoLC)185031312 |
| ISBN |
9781452265926 (electronic bk.) |
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1452265925 (electronic bk.) |
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