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02 Nov 2024

Understanding and Combating the Drivers of Gang Formation in the U.S. Prisons

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The infiltration of gangs into the American prison system is very controversial, a matter of complex peculiarity that highly challenges issues of security and safety through the measures indifferently employed by inmates and correctional staff. Gangs in jails are a pretty old thing, but for some...

21 Oct 2024

Ethical Decision-Making in Clinical Social Work

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Ethical dilemmas in clinical social work have increased, especially concerning private subjects and issues like relationship difficulties. Thus, this paper tries to apply the principles of ethical decision-making to a particular case involving Harry and Suzie, a heterosexual couple who are under...

21 Oct 2024

Socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The purpose of the study is to assess the socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States. The research will involve a non-experimental, qualitative approach to examining the multifaceted social dynamics underlying the unequal distribution of...

20 Oct 2024

Racial Harmony in Singapore: Navigating Diversity and Integration

Case study - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Singapore is unique worldwide in demonstrating how to create a harmonious society out of a multicultural nation. In response to international features of xenophobia and cultural radicalization, Singapore sticks to multiculturalism more than ever (Ostwald & Chew, 2021). Because of the rich...

20 Oct 2024

Black Ethnic Group - Health disparity

Case study - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Health inequalities among racial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. remain disturbingly high, and they provide an evident insight into the common underlying problems faced by these groups, such as lack of access to healthcare and economic opportunities, as well as education and social resources....

19 Oct 2024

NPR's Morning Edition Radio Show

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

By offering different perspectives on the law—a powerful story from either side and an expert opinion from a healthcare provider, such as Barbara Zdravecky of Planned Parenthood—NPR offers more depth and breadth in its coverage than just the act of reporting. It gains support for a...

18 Oct 2024

Ethical Boundaries in Social Work

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In this case study, we are confronted with a complex ethical problem involving Chris, who requests confidential information about Pat and Pat's cousin, two individuals facing significant personal challenges and receiving support from social services. (...) The main focus of this paper is to...

18 Oct 2024

Family Violence Intervention Program (FVIP) - Still Outstanding

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

By way of the thorough analysis accomplished, this essay examines the wide range of facets of the FVIP program led by Still Outstanding, including its goal of increased autonomy, the array of social services provided and the foremost target populations, which are the core contributors to the...

18 Oct 2024

Gender Dynamics in Everyday Spaces: An Analysis of Drexel Campus and Popular Media

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Gender dynamics are a critical factor defining how we accord importance and interact within different spheres, like the Drexel campus and magazine and music media representations. This article discusses the presence of gendered space on the Drexel campus and reveals the ways the media portrays an...

18 Oct 2024

Examining the Social Construction of Ethnic Divisions in Global Conflicts

Case study - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Ethnic conflicts have a long and tragic history, leaving societies all over the world deeply scarred. In Peru, the historical animosity between indigenous peoples and mestizos is played out so indelibly and painfully as it underlines the effect of historical grievances and entrenched disparities....

18 Oct 2024

Roles and Talents of Probation Officers

Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In the old days, penalties of imprisonment and floggings were the hallmarks of PO harshness; infractions resulted in fines and imprisonment. Now, it is a "coaching" model, a team-working approach, where the PO and offender support each other to promote a change of behavior (Lovins et al., 2018)....

17 Oct 2024

Status of Dramatic Serials in India and South Korea

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Television dramas can provide a wealth of information about different nations' cultures and social dynamics. This comparative analysis explores the dramatic serials produced in India and South Korea. In this comparative study, we examine the dramatic serials in India and South Korea, which...

12 Oct 2024

Student Veteran Retention at PWIs and Discrimination in Higher Education

Case study - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Student veterans have particular difficulties to overcome during college transition, including adjusting to civilian life, handling disabilities, and finding a balance between work, studies, and family. Students who have served in the armed forces may encounter particular difficulties in college...

11 Oct 2024

Harvesting Hope: Strategies For the Revitalization of Rural Churches Amidst the Ongoing Impact of Covid-19

Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This research paper contributes to churches' immediate and ever-changing situations post-COVID-19. A tremendous experience of over thirty years working as a preacher and a pastor is significant to me. I am motivated by this journey because of the rural church community of which I am a part....

11 Oct 2024

Asian Americans

Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

To start the study of Asians in the United States who are not as feared as immigrants from other origins, we could use the traditional approaches of Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism to the statistical and descriptive information from López et al. (2017).

12 May 2022

Violence from a gender perspective and feminist perspectives in peacebuilding and conflict resolution

Case study - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences

There are 2 cases and concepts discussed in this document : a. Define and discuss the concept of the continuum of violence and illustrate how it is relevant in understanding violence from a gender perspective. Use an example of your choice. b. Present and discuss at least three major contemporary...

07 Sep 2016
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Musical savagery: masculinity in contemporary music videos

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Music videos in general, it is true, are usually intentional exaggerations of tropes or clichés. The worn-out images make easy shortcuts for listeners and viewers looking for a quick visual accompaniment for a song and don't demand much more. However, these intentional exaggerations help to...

09 Jul 2015
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Civil rights movement in America

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Despite the stop of slavery in the United States at the end of the 19th century, African Americans were still subjected to regular discrimination, were forced to use separate schools and public utilities from the better-quality ones of the whites, and they could not fully exercise their voting...

16 Apr 2015
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Institutionalism: Brief study

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

School of economic thought which emerged in the 20s in the United States was sought to be based on history, sociology and social sciences in general. Thorstein Veblen highlighted by the institutionalism opposed the foundations of Classical and Neoclassical schools, with the goal of leading the...

23 Mar 2015
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Evolution of sports sponsorship

Case study - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In the early twentieth century in Italy and Germany, sports sponsorship was a form of paternalism, where companies invest in sports without waiting for a commercial or financial return. The most prominent examples are from Fiat with the football club Juventus, and the chemical company Bayer with...

29 May 2014
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Analysing the potential of group work to promote mutual aid and empowerment

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Mutual aid is group work where there group member is not only a recipient of help but also providers of service in enabling the group to meet its common goals and achieving its common strategy. Empowerment is both a process and a goal. It is a process that involves ongoing development of the...

15 Aug 2013
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Lesbians in the United States

Case study - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Basically, “Lesbians are female homosexuals, women affectionately and sexually attracted to women” (Burn 79). More complex definitions exist, encompassing the politics of lesbianism or the self-labeling of lesbians. But the most important thing to acknowledge about lesbians is that...

30 Apr 2013
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Border control solutions

Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The United States is at risk. We face several issues that put our citizens in immediate danger. Many of these issues can be found by reviewing the topic of border control. Border control is a threat to the security of our nation. It allows illegal immigration to occur, drug smuggling and several...

08 Apr 2013
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Food service management research project

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Anyone can own a restaurant, however not everyone can be successful in owning and operating one. For Arturo Kassel, opening his dream restaurant would be more of trail and error than a fairy tale ending. Beginning in 2008, Kassel was a beverage manager at a New York hotel with the drive and...

29 Sep 2010
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Ethnographic Research Project: Yoga To The People

Case study - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences

As our mantra says...this yoga is for mothers, brothers, sisters and grandmothers, poets, bakers, painters and artists. This is Yoga to the People! So let all of your doubts or questions be set aside... come and explore the world of yoga', are the words one can read when entering Yoga to the...

11 Aug 2009
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Lenin's Bolshevik faction and the Jews in Russia

Case study - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Jews in the nineteenth and early twentieth century were assimilating into the broader Gentile culture of Europe, thanks to the immense pressures of modernization and, to a lesser extent, democratization. The Jews of Russia faced much of the same choice as the rest of the Russian population in the...

31 Jul 2009
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Honor killing in the United Kingdom

Case study - 31 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In recent years there have been a spate of killings in the UK characterized by the family members killing their own daughters or one of the female family members. These killings have one theme in common: a female member is generally killed by her family brutally for transgressing family code....