Understanding social problems : issues in social policy / edited by Margaret May, Robert Page, Edward Brunsdon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social Problems in Social Policy: An Introduction / Margaret May, Robert Page and Edward Brunsdon -- Part I. Studying Social Problems -- 1. Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives / John Clarke -- 2. The Exploration of Social Problems in the Field of Social Policy / Robert Page -- Part II. Social Policy, Social Problems -- The Family -- 3. Family Change and Lone Parents as a Social Problem / Jane Lewis -- 4. Caring and Dependency: Age and Disability / John Baldock -- 5. Domestic Violence / Lorraine Radford -- Poverty and Social Exclusion -- 6. The Changing Face of Poverty / David Donnison -- 7. Child Poverty and the Policy Response / Karen Rowlingson -- 8. Homelessness / Mark Liddiard -- 9. Income and Wealth / Paul Spicker -- Health -- 10. Health Inequalities / Helen Jones -- 11. Mental Disorder / Pauline Prior -- 12. Problematic Identities and Health / David Kelleher -- Community Problems -- 13. The Problematic Community / Susanne MacGregor -- 14. Safe and Sound? Crime, Disorder and Community Safety Policies / Dee Cook -- 15. Drugs and Drug Misuse / Arthur Gould -- Part III. Reporting Social Problems -- 16. Press-Ganged! Media Reporting of Social Work and Child Abuse / Bob Franklin and Nigel Parton -- 17. Defrauding the Community? The Abuse of Welfare / Hartley Dean -- 18. Ways of Seeing: The News Media and Racist Violence / Eugene MLaughlin and Karim Murji -- Part IV. Consumer Protection in Social Policy -- 19. Protecting the 'Vulnerable': Welfare and Consumer Protection / Margaret May -- 20. Food andthe Environment / Meg Huby.