Doing sociology case studies in sociological practice /

• Other Authors: Price, Jammie., Straus, Roger A. 1948-, Breese, Jeffrey R., 1964-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2009.
• Subjects: Sociology > Case studies.; Sociology.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. > Anthropology; Electronic books.; Case studies.
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This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and colle...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to doing sociology
• Doing sociology worldwide
• The role of theory in sociological practice
• Clnical sociology
• If crime is the problem, is community or is problem solving policing the solution
• Issues in criminal justice evaluation
• Evaluatiion in education
• Community research tactics and social change
• Free range humans
• Communal living
• Blending sociology with federal funding
• Automating dillman's total design metholodology (tdm) for mail questionnaires
• Surveyiing healthcare providers
• Ethics and values in sociological practice.