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1. “Home on the Range.” Nation, November 4, 2002, Vol. 275 Issue 15, p10, 1p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_7597910 Discusses the vagaries of the US role as global police, and of relying on actual police officers to sort out social problems. Connects police efforts to social problems such as: civil rights abuses, political upheaval, violence, and general anxiety. A criticism of the autonomy of police is presented. 2. Buff, Linda, 2001. “When School Anti-Socializes Students.” Education Digest, December 2001, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p27, 4p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_5595818. Reveals that US schools unknowingly anti-socializes some students to help them turn into dysfunctional adults. Suggestions for how schools might redirect the destructive behavior of anti-social children. 3. Kalb, C. and McCormick, J. 1998. “Bellying Up To The Bar.” Newsweek, September 21, 1998, Vol. 132 Issue 12, p89. Content Select: General Interest, AN_1065682. Discusses alcohol abuse among US college students. Includes data on binge drinking, alcohol poisoning, and typical efforts by schools to discourage drinking. Possibilities for improvement are also discussed. 4. Sawhill, I. V. 2000. “Welfare Reform and reducing Teen Pregnancy.” Public interest, Winter2000 Issue 138, p40, 12p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_ 2604109 Discusses child poverty associated with teen pregnant girls ending up on welfare. In depth discussion on how social norms work and how the Congress worked to affect the norms. 5. Seymore, Harry, 1997. “Conducting and Using Customer Surveys.” Marketing News, June 9, 1997, Vol. 31 Issue 12, pH24, 2/7p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_9706114720. Focuses on the do’s and don’ts of conducting and using customer surveys for marketing research. Provides a summary review of survey methodology applicable to the study of social problems and sociology in general. 6. Jones, Leslie, 1998. “Social Darwinism Revisited.” History Today, August 1998, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p6, 3p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_920700. Deals with the Darwinist principles applied to human society in the form of eugenics, by Francis Dalton. Provides details on Darwin’s theory and Herbert Spencer’s view on education and transportation. 7. Meyers, M. K. and Garfinkel, I. 1999. “Social Indicators and the Study of Inequality.” Economic Policy Review, September 1999, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p149, 15p. Content Select: General Interest, AN_2302345. Discusses the devolution of policy reform on income and other forms of inequality. Provides an actual New York City survey for illustration of principles.
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