An Annotated Bibliography
Information about the many dispute resolution options available and the advantages and disadvantages of alternative approaches. Tells of the views of many leading sociologists.
Valuable for issues of current interest such as foster care reform, drinking on campus, biology and behavior, encouraging teen abstinence, journalism under fire, etc. Also provides extensive bibliographies.
Signed articles on topics such as attitudes toward students with disabilities, changing nature of work, counseling, inquiry paradigms, etc. Includes bibliographies.
Contains signed articles on ethical theory, moral problems, and political, social, and legal theory. has bibliographies, cross references and see-also references, as well as an analytical index of articles, and an index of authors.
Articles on cognitive development, control, couples therapy, criminal behavior, domestic violence, homelessness, and etc. are covered.
Contains signed essays on topics of interest to Sociologists such as family therapy, federal social legislation, female criminal offenders, gang violence, violence overview, and women in social policy.
Provides signed articles on major theories including attribution theory, conflict theory, functionalist theory, and many other aspects of sociology.
The foremost poll of public opinion on many topics such as honesty and ethical standards, white house fundraising, TWA flight 800, the internal revenue service, and etc.
This book is a guide to understanding ethnic usage. The author states "an understanding of the ethnic words discussed in this dictionary can serve to expose the inequality and other stresses in relations between groups and to open lines of communication."
This 3 volume set provides information on trends in sexual attitudes and behavior in 32 countries including China, Japan, Australia, Canada, Russia, and the United States. Covers religious and ethnic factors, gender roles, adolescent sex, pornography. Good for comparison studies. Includes Bibliographies and Indexes.
Covers the development of sociology in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. Provides signed articles on sociology in the Western Hemisphere, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the East. Includes Bibliographies and Indexes.
Some of the aspects of American generations covered are naming and defining the generations, their attitudes and behavior, education, health, households, housing, income, labor force, population demographics, spending, wealth. Provides a glossary, bibliography, and an index.
Many signed articles arranged in sections titled biological system, cognitive system, cognitive system, personal motivational system, interpersonal system, and group and cultural system. These scholarly articles range from evolutionary psychology of human social strategies to conflict within groups.
Children and Youth
Helps researchers, evaluators, and clinicians keep up-to-date on recent developments in unpublished measures of child behavior.
A definitive two volume set that provides illustrations and diagrams as well as text to help practitioners identify the abused child.
Contains information valuable to any study of the adolescent, including family context, sexual behavior, economics, health, education, quality of life, recreation, deviance, and parent-child relationships.
Criminology
Marriage and the Family
These volumes attempt to collect evaluation of theories about family phenomena. Each area includes competing theories and empirical evidence arranged by 24 topics under four broad headings Introduction, Family and Change, Family Interaction and Family and Problems.
Provides material for research papers and a directory to recent literature on major topics about marriage and family. Articles on adolescence, celibacy, child abuse and neglect, children's rights, elder abuse, gangs, juvenile delinquency, etc. are included.
Comprehensive coverage of statistics on the American family, including marital and family conflict, divorce, family violence, elderly families. Includes a list of sources and an index.
Minorities
Even though it's labeled a dictionary, it actually provides much more than definitions, includes signed essays on all its topics.
Comprehensive listing of current peoples and ethnic groups, includes illustrations, and many photographs.
A 3 volume set that covers such topics as adolescent ethnic identity, affirmative action, American Nazi Party, Asian American culture and experiences, ethnic entrepreneurship, includes Bibliographies and Indexes.
Contains twenty-seven subject chapters, with essays on historical developments or contributions of African Americans to the subject area, with biographical information on individuals such as Booker T. Washington.
Comprehensive collection of statistical information including the family, education, culture, health, social and economic conditions, business and industry, government, law and law enforcement.
Signed and peer-reviewed articles from scholars, well-known activists, and new writers in feminist literature about a great number of issues affecting women in Third World countries.
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