Children and Poverty: Multifaceted Impacts
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A 4 page review of the many impacts poverty can have on young children. When children are poor, society as a whole pays. The problems these children experience can be both direct and indirect. Impoverished children are more likely to be the victim of child abuse, for example. The societal mechanisms we have in place to address such problems are insufficient. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPchdPov.rtf

Children And Literature: Learning About Themselves In A Book
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3 pages in length. For children, the opportunity to learn about themselves in the context of culture and the surrounding world appears in a number of different ways: parents, family, teachers and clergy all work together to create a solid sense of self for the child. However, literature plays a critical role in how a child perceives himself as the characters play out in a particular story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCchildlit.rtf

Children Born Out Of Wedlock
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An 8 page paper that presents a proposal for a research study. The introduction provides an overview of the topic, e.g., the proportion of out-of-wedlock births and the outcomes for these children. A literature review with data is next followed by the theoretical framework for the study, the hypotheses, data sources and data collection method, independent variables and dependent variable. Data are included. Bibliography includes 10 sources.
Filename: PGkidwd.rtf

Children in the United States: Worse Off Today Than in 1900?
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A 4 page paper which examines whether or not children are worse off today than they were in 1900. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAch1900.rtf

Children Who Run Away From Home
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3 pages worth of information on runaways including some of the socio-psychological reasons why kids leave home, the legal definition of what constitutes a "missing child," and more. Bibliography lists over 20 suggested sources.
Filename: Runaway.wps

CINDY SHEEHAN, GEORGE BUSH AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
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This 4-page paper uses the case of Cindy Sheenan's "campout" outside of President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch in 2005 to determine why suppression doesn't work in conflict resolution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTsheebush.rtf

Civilizations and Conflicts
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An 8 page paper which uses Huntington’s essay The Clash of Civilizations as a foundation for examining the direction that world policies, ideals, and politics are going. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: RAcu6.rtf

CLONING: AN ANALYSIS OF ELMER-DEWITT
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This 4-page paper is an analysis of "Cloning: Where do we go from here?" by Philip Elmer-Dewitt, which was published in the November 8, 1993 issue of Time magazine. The paper discusses sociological implications of the article including the purpose of cloning, how it contributes to society, how it is connected to other institutions and how the practice could perform an important social function.
Filename: MTcloelm.rtf

Coding an Article
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This 5 page paper takes an article regarding social problems from the press and considers how it may be broken down and coded for further research. The article chosen considers graffiti. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEcoding.rtf

College Students and Binge Drinking: Social Work Research
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of a potential study on binge drinking. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHBinge.rtf

Collin's Black Feminist Thought
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Patricia Collins is a sociologist who happens to be Black and female. Her book, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, is a sociological study from the perspective of ethnography and centered on the lives and experiences of real women, including the author. This 6 page paper critiques the unique perspective utilized by Ms. Collins. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTblckfm.wps

Combating Negative Moral Influences for Youth
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A 3 page paper which examines how today’s youth can combat negative moral influences through such involvement as church, education and sports, and volunteering. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Raymrl.rtf

Common Social Problems
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This 5 page essay discusses three social problems many communities face: teenage pregnancy, student literacy rates and illegal aliens. The essay also identifies the community agencies that typically address these problems. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PG3socpb.rtf

Community Activism/Homelessness
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A 3 page research paper that examines the problem of homelessness and suggests methods for community activism based on projects in San Francisco and New York City. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khhomesf.rtf

Community College Mission: A Social Engineering Perspective
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of applying a social engineering perspective to the creation of a community college mission in Florida. This paper provides a questionnaire to be presented to a varied population of elected officials, college administrators and others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHQuesti.rtf

Community Intervention Nutrition Programs
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This 7 page report examines programs in place for food assistance, how the programs work and what more needs to be done to assist children from low-income areas. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Nutprog.wps

Community Needs Assessment for Outreach Education in Health Services: A Proposal
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A 3 page proposal for conducting a needs assessment of community outreach education efforts targeting health care issues. Designs a study incorporating qualitative input from independent focus groups and representatives from various governmental and private agencies regarding the effectiveness of existing outreach programs and specific community needs. Anticipates that coupling this qualitative input with quantitative information retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau will aid the design of stand-alone, financially independent, outreach education programs within a three year time frame.
Filename: PPneedAs.rtf