Assignment 1: the sociological viewpoint toward social problems (Due Week 3) Overview One of the most crucial components to this course concerns addressing social problems in society from a sociological viewpoint as opposed to a strictly policy-oriented, psychological, or criminal justice viewpoint. Although many different viewpoints in social science are valid and have a lot of importance, it is equally important for us to understand how sociology looks at the nature of social problems in society today. This paper will enable us to explore why certain social problems seem to be regarded as more significant than others. Our job will be in defining the sociological viewpoint, and choosing one social problem that we think is of high importance. We will build upon the topic we choose in this paper for our second and third writing assignments. Instructions Construct a 2-4 page paper that fully explores each of the following areas: 1) Citing our textbook material, explain how the sociological approach toward social problems differs from other approaches. Why are certain problems considered significant and others are not? 2) Next, choose one social problem that exists in society that you think is particularly serious, and explain it in sociological terms. This social problem should be measurable in some statistical way. (Is it increasing, and if so, how? Among which groups of people, and for how long, etc.?) 3) What might be one important way in which the social problem is currently being addressed in society?  4) Please define and identify at least four concepts from our text relevant to your chosen social problem. 5) Analyze the way in which these concepts help us better understand the nature of the social problem you are discussing. Don’t forget to include proper APA-style citation and reference. The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, arial or times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc, .rtf or .pdf in the format: lastname_SOCI212_HW1.doc DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results. Leon-Guerrero, A.  (2015).  Social Problems, 5th edition.  Los Angeles: Sage  Publications, Inc.    (book) .

1. Assignment 1: the sociological viewpoint toward social
problems (Due Week 3)
Overview
One of the most crucial components to this course concerns
addressing social problems in society from a sociological
viewpoint as opposed to a strictly policy-oriented,
psychological, or criminal justice viewpoint. Although many
different viewpoints in social science are valid and have a lot of
importance, it is equally important for us to understand how
sociology looks at the nature of social problems in society
today. This paper will enable us to explore why certain social
problems seem to be regarded as more significant than others.
Our job will be in defining the sociological viewpoint, and
choosing one social problem that we think is of high
importance. We will build upon the topic we choose in this
paper for our second and third writing assignments.
Instructions
Construct a 2-4 page paper that fully explores each of the
following areas:
1)
Citing our textbook material, explain how the sociological
approach toward social problems differs from other approaches.
Why are certain problems considered significant and others are
not?
2)
Next, choose one social problem that exists in society that you
think is particularly serious, and explain it in sociological
terms. This social problem should be measurable in some
statistical way. (Is it increasing, and if so, how? Among which

2. groups of people, and for how long, etc.?)
3)
What might be one important way in which the social problem
is currently being addressed in society?
4)
Please define and identify at least four concepts from our text
relevant to your chosen social problem.
5)
Analyze the way in which these concepts help us better
understand the nature of the social problem you are discussing.
Don’t forget to include proper APA-style citation and reference.
The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, arial or
times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc, .rtf or .pdf in the
format: lastname_SOCI212_HW1.doc
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by
Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
Leon-Guerrero, A. (2015). Social Problems, 5th edition. Los
Angeles: Sage
Publications, Inc.
(book)