Category: Sociology

What is the author’s main research findings? Did you find it to be interesting/timely/accurate/etc.?What are the strengths of this study, and are there any weaknesses?

For this assignment, you must construct a 4-5 page annotated bibliography that provides a summary of at least 5 research articles. You are free to choose any articles, as long as they are (1) research reports from peer-reviewed academic journals, and (2) cover a topic related to sex and gender. Articles can be found using a search engine available through the university library, such as Ebsco or ProQuest.

Each review should begin with the full citation of the article, and should follow ASA formatting guidelines (we will discuss this in class).

Below the citation should be a brief (approximately 150 words long) summary of the article.

The summary should be both descriptive and evaluative in nature, meaning that you are telling the reader what is there as well as making a judgment about its quality. What is the author’s main research findings? Did you find it to be interesting/timely/accurate/etc.?What are the strengths of this study, and are there any weaknesses? How relevant is this research to the study of the topic? We will go over some examples of annotated bibliography entries in class.

What did you learn about research, statistics, society, etc? How can you use what you learned in a practical way? This section should NOT be more than 1/2 a page.

Social Problem Paper

3 – 4 pages not including cover sheet and bibliography

Section One: (10 points)

Briefly describe the social problem within the United States that you have chosen to analyze and provide your personal reasons for choosing this particular topic. Be specific about what interested you about the topic and any background you may have with the subject. Why do you want to know more about the topic? This section should NOT be more than a 1/2 page.

Briefly summarize the main points of the paper. Provide any thoughts you have about solutions to the problem. Discuss your personal reaction to writing this paper. What did you learn about research, statistics, society, etc? How can you use what you learned in a practical way? This section should NOT be more than 1/2 a page.

Describe the basic ideas and content of the news item. For example, what is the basic topic? What basic ideas/facts about the topic are covered? What overall point/message does the source convey about the topic? You should cover any information necessary to understanding the news story. (2 Points)

The relevance of sociological ideas, theory, and research extends to the everyday happenings in our personal/social lives and the world around us. In the news recently, there have been several articles, videos and reports on the race movements happening not only in America, but around the world. For this assignment, find an element of the movement relating specifically to race/ethnicity.

Discuss the basic issues/ideas, and discuss how sociology helps you to understand the content.

Your discussion should include:

The website address of your chosen news item (you can try Youtube for video clips).

Describe the basic ideas and content of the news item. For example, what is the basic topic? What basic ideas/facts about the topic are covered? What overall point/message does the source convey about the topic? You should cover any information necessary to understanding the news story. (2 Points)

A short discussion of how your chosen element relates to the course. You should address how sociology helps clarify the meaning of the news story. To this end, choose at least three concepts from the course material that relate to your chosen topic. (6 Points)

Define each concept and any supporting details/information necessary to understanding it.
Then, thoughtfully and thoroughly discuss how each concept relates to the topic of the news story. Consider, for example, how each of your chosen sociological concepts 1) clarifies the meaning or consequences of the topic, 2) challenges or contradicts the content of the news source.

 

Analyze the regional variations in gender inequality in high school sports revealed in the source from 2015.How did the January 2020 report summarize the gains made by girls and women in sports opportunities and the inequalities that still exist?

Address the following in this essay:

Using the first source, explain how stereotypes that exist in US culture sometimes make it less likely that girls will participate in and enjoy sports. Explain how this affects the average health levels of women relative to men.

Analyze the regional variations in gender inequality in high school sports revealed in the source from 2015.

How did the January 2020 report summarize the gains made by girls and women in sports opportunities and the inequalities that still exist?

Your essay should be a minimum of 500 words.

What is visual sociology “supposed to do?”What would they have to accomplish to convince other sociologists that their work is in some sense integral to the socio- logical enterprise?

Visual Sociology Practice

What is visual sociology “supposed to do?”What would they have
to accomplish to convince other sociologists that their work is in some sense integral to the socio-logical enterprise?

SOC203 Essay Question

Pick any of the 8 out of 11 to answer.

Describe what the American dream is. Do you believe that merton’s theory explains crime adequately, both at the aggregate and at the individual level? Explain your answer

Provide examples of the five adaptations to strain that you see in your own life.

Provide three examples of the three sources of strain proposed be general strain theory. Does this theory adequately explain criminal behavior? Explain.

What characteristics distinguish the positivist school from the classical school regarding crime and criminals? Which of these schools of thought do you lean more toward when you think about crime and why?

What modern day criminal justice policies do you think are based upon the ideas proposed by Beccaria and/or Bentham?

Describe the difference between specific and general deterrence and provide an example of each. Give an example of a situation where there is a specific deterrent effect but no general deterrent effect.

Describe the “routine activities” in which you engage. How might these activities increase or decrease your chance of victimization?

Think back to your childhood. Was the level of collective efficacy high or low in your neighborhood? Give examples of when examples of collective efficacy were or were not activated to deal with public disorder or troublesome behaviors.

Although written several decades ago, how might Shaw and McKay’s theory help explain the occurrence of crime in today’s inner-city communities?

Have you encountered individuals who seem to engage in behaviors that fit with either Wolfgang and Ferracuti’s subculture of violence or Anderson’s code of the street? Why do you believe they fit these models?

Provide examples of : positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. Which of these concepts to you believe is the most effective to use to increase behavior. Why? Which of these concepts do you believe is the most effective to use to decrease behavior. Why?

 How does lack of food resources affect minority school districts within low income communities.

How does lack of food resources affect minority school districts within low income communities.

One of the articles is: Jowell, A. H., Bruce, J. S., Escobar, G. V., Ordonez, V. M., Hecht, C. A., & Patel, A. I. (2021). Mitigating childhood food insecurity during COVID-19: a qualitative study of how school districts in California’s San Joaquin Valley responded to growing needs. Public health nutrition, 1-11.

 

Identify maximalist and minimalist perspectives about the seriousness of the problem of intimate partner violence.Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System: Violence is Violence, or Is It?

Identify maximalist and minimalist perspectives about the seriousness of the problem of intimate partner violence.Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System: Violence is Violence, or Is It?