Encyclopedia of social problems /
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| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
©2008.
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| Series: | Gale virtual reference library
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Table of 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 v. 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.
- 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 v. 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.