This document asks the reader to choose a social problem, discuss how different sociological perspectives view and would address the issue, and back up any opinions with citations to scholarly sources using APA format. The social problems provided as examples are drug abuse, suicide, homelessness, bullying, and racism.

1. Select a social problem such as drug abuse, suicide,
homelessness, bullying or racism and discuss how the various
sociological perspectives view the problem and how they may
go about solving this problem.
You must support your response with scholarly sources in APA
format. Simply stating your opinion is not enough, back up
your opinion with citations. Refer to the DB Grading Rubric
for more details.