Arlene S. Skolnick

Jerome H. Skolnick

Rethinking Marriage, Sexuality, Child Rearing, and Family Organization

Family in Transition

Elliott Currie

Social Issues and Public Policy

America's Problems

The authors assume that the traditional family will continue to be the major, but not the only living pattern in our changing society.

Professors Currie and Skolnick place special emphasis on the underlying economic causes of social problems and the social policies that fail to address them. The text's research-oriented approach introduces students to the empirical aspects of sociology by discussing how research is done and how data is compiled and analyzed. A comparative perspective on major topics exposes students to American social problems in context to other nations. This edition provides in-depth coverage of current social and political issues, such as downsizing, the growing gap between the rich and the poor, and the crisis in health care.

James J. Fyfe

Uses the now-famous Rodney King videotape to introduce an historical analysis of such police violence, its role in police work, its causes and significance, and its incidence in law enforcement today.

Jerome H. Skolnick

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