TY - BOOK AU - May,Margaret AU - Page,Robert M. AU - Brunsdon,Edward TI - Understanding social problems: issues in social policy SN - 0631220305 (pbk.) AV - HN390. U53 2001 U1 - 361.610941 PY - 2001/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Publishers KW - Social problems KW - Great Britain KW - Social policy N1 - 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 ER -