Social Problems and the Family

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8836-1
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Published in association with The Open University

In the search for the causes of and solutions to social problems, no social institution has been allocated such a central role as the family. This volume examines how `the family' is constituted both in explanations of social problems and in modes of state intervention. The contributors consider some of the most controversial social policy issues in Britain today: domestic violence; child abuse; old age; mental health; juvenile delinquency; and poverty and homelessness. In examining these social problems, the contributors address key definitional issues, assess traditional and alternative theoretical perspectives and survey different modes of intervention. They show just how pervasive and complex the state regulation of family life is in contemporary society. With its illuminating interdisciplinary approach, this volume is an essential textbook for students and practitioners in all fields of family-related social work, social policy and social science disciplines. It is a Course Book for The Open University course D311 Family Life and Social Policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dallos, Rudi

Mclaughlin, Eugene

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Domestic Violence - Sally Foreman and Rudi Dallos
The Abuse of Children - Esther Saraga
Mental Health - Rudi Dallos and David Boswell
Old Age - John Baldock
Juvenile Delinquency - Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie
The Problem of Poverty - Allan Cochrane
Homelessness - Richard Skellington

Über Autor(innen)

Mclaughlin, Eugene
Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology.