Sociology

The knockout game is a new wave of racially motivated crime that has swept through inner-city communities; to play the “game,” gangs of young ...

On June 7, 2013, John Zawahri opened fire on the campus of Santa Monica College, in California. The “spree” began at the perpetrator's home, ...

Gun control has become more and more of a hot-button topic in the United States, especially after events like the Sandy Hook shooting in ...

A commonly held notion among storytellers is that every hero needs a villain. The villain represents a foil to the hero, often dark and ...

This paper will examine research methods used in sociological and anthropological research.  As such, this paper will be divided into four main sections.  The ...

Gay marriage is a topic of extreme contention across the United States. The debate took off to new levels of concern when Massachusetts became ...

Classifying a person as “disabled” presupposes a dichotomy within the human condition—that a person is either “disabled” or not. This essentialist view is oversimplified, ...

The influence of violent video games is often reviled as a cause of increased aggression in young people. Mass killings in recent years, such ...

The Republic of Philippines is a country located in South East Asia. The country is a sovereign island state. To its north is Taiwan ...

 The issue of deviance, what it is, what constitutes deviance, who commits deviance, and why, are questions and issues that have plagued society at ...