Social Problems and the Family / Edition 1

by Rudi Dallos, Eugene McLaughlin

Overview

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. It is a Course Book for The Open University course D311 Family Life and Social Policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803988378
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/18/1993
Series:	Published in association with The Open University
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eugene Mc Laughlin 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.

Table of Contents

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 Mc Laughlin and John Muncie
The Problem of Poverty - Allan Cochrane
Homelessness - Richard Skellington

Editorial Reviews

‘This clearly written and attractively presented book provides a succinct overview of contemporary social problems, with relevance well beyond the UK situation' - Family Matters

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