Category: Social Sciences : Sociology

Objective: Illustrate your understanding of theory and drug use. Why do people start and continue taking drugs? 1. Functionalist would argue drug use is both functional and dysfunctional in society. Explain using a real-life example 2. Conflict theorists recognize the inequalities associated with drug use and abuse. Explain by using a real-life example 3. Symbolic…

Please see attached file for instructions. The essay should base on the previous assignments I uploaded. I was a note taker during the focus group.

Create a scenario/situation for each theory that explains crime. Below you can find brief descriptions of each theory: Functional (social structure theories) Social disorganization theory: Specific characteristics of a neighborhood can contribute to high crime rates. I.e. poverty, dilapidation, population density, and population turnover Anomie: Crime committed by those in poverty results from a gap…

Objective: Use the intersectional approach to understand health disparities Health Disparities | Chapter 13 1. What do you understand by the term “health disparities”? 2. Can you provide examples of populations or communities that are disproportionately affected by health disparities? Intersectionality Factors Contributing to Health Disparities: 1. What social determinants of health contribute to disparities…

A cover page (paper title, your name, date of submission, course name).  Do NOT include a running head or an abstract. Do not number the cover page. The full text of your paper (at least 8-10 pages of text; more is okay, less is not). This minimum length requirement does NOT include the cover page or reference…

I have a three-part final assignment for my sociology of education class. The first part of the assignment was a statistical analysis of a school of our choice. Then we needed to find someone in the school to interview and write a paper on our findings asserting an argument. This portion was due Monday night,…

write a 500-word essay about what factors explain the gender differences in college/school based achievement. Please note that this is not an opinion paper, and you must reference the textbook in response to the questions. Use any 5 academic source (class notes, text, and literature search) and cite appropriately using APA format. Be sure to…

bout gender thus far, write a 500-word essay about what factors explain the gender differences in college/school based achievement. Please note that this is not an opinion paper, and you must reference the textbook in response to the questions. Use any 5 academic source (class notes, text, and literature search) and cite appropriately using APA…

Objective: The Ethnographic Family Research Project is designed to help you develop a deeper understanding of family structures, dynamics, and roles through first-hand observation and interaction. You will conduct an ethnographic study of a family (which could be your own or another family with their consent) to explore how sociological concepts and theories manifest in…

What is the role of institutions in society – do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? (a related question here is why do our life chances vary by class, gender and ethnicity)