This document discusses how sociologists identify defining moments that trigger the need for social change or resistance to the status quo in social problems. It asks the reader to provide context for a social issue, the defining moment that brought the issue into politics, and the resulting public policy.

1. In studying Social Problems, sociologists (and historians)
identify "the defining moment" or a specific trigger event that
brought about the need for social change (or the need to resist
the status quo).
Give a brief history/background story of the social issue, and
why and/or how it became a Social Problem. Provide supporting
evidence.
What was the "defining moment" that catapulted the social issue
into the political arena?
What was public policy was framed to address the problem?