ISBN:
1-108-62334-4
,
1-108-69495-0
,
1-108-55071-1
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xii, 558 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
Social problems.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Problems Related to Health, Safety, and Security -- 1. Illness and Health Care -- 2. Mental Illness and Social Problems -- 3. Substance Abuse -- 4. Epidemics, Pandemics, and Outbreaks -- 5. Disaster as Social Problem and Social Construct -- 6. Surveillance -- 7. Domestic Spying: A Historical-Comparative Perspective -- 8. Computer Hacking as a Social Problem -- 9. War and Militarism -- 10. The Social Problem of Terrorism -- 11. Genocide -- Part II Problems Related to Crime and Violence -- 12. The Problem of Crime -- 13. Corporate Malfeasance as a Social Problem -- 14. The Construction of School Bullying as a Social Problem -- 15. Rampage School Shootings -- 16. Understanding Sexual Violence: The Role of Causal and Precipitating Factors in Sexual Offending -- 17. Critical and Intersectional Understandings of Campus Sexual Assault as a Social Problem -- 18. Child Abuse and Neglect -- 19. Family Violence -- 20. Juvenile Violence -- 21. Gangs and Gang Violence -- 22. State Violence -- 23. Hate Crime -- 24. Police Brutality -- 25. Capital Punishment/Death Penalty -- 26. Wrongful Convictions: Comparative Perspectives -- Part III Problems of Global Impact -- 27. Urbanism and Urbanization -- 28. Technology and Social Problems -- 29. Population and Contemporary Social Problems -- 30. Environmental Problems -- Index.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Mar 2018).
