Preface CHAPTER 1 What Is Sociology and Why Should I Care? What is Sociology? Stories as Tools The Sociological Perspective The Sociological Imagination What''s Theory Got to Do with It? Structural Functionalism Conflict Theory Symbolic Interactionism Other Important Sociological Theories Feminist Theory Critical Theory Critical Race Theory Queer Theory Postmodern Theory How Sociologists Do Their Thing: Research Methods Surveys Experimental Methods Qualitative Research Ethnography/Participant Observation Interviews Using Research Methods in the Real World: Does This Program Really Work? What Is a Social Problem? The Evolution of a Social Problem Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions CHAPTER 2 Why Is Crime Always in the News? Crime and Interpersonal Violence The Extent of Crime in the United States Crime Trends Are People Afraid of Crime? Why Is Crime Bad? Harm Costs The Public''s Role in the Crime Problem Types of Crime Violent Crimes Property Crimes Public Order Crime Juvenile Crime Occupational (White Collar) and Corporate Crime Cybercrime What Roles Does Sociological Theory Play In Understanding Crime? Anomie and Strain Theory Conflict Theory and Crime Symbolic Interactionism and Crime The Criminal Justice System and its Impact on Crime The Police Courts Corrections What Works? Effective Solutions to Crime Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program Perry Preschool Project Hot Spots Policing Popular But Less Effective Programs D.A.R.E. Juvenile Boot Camps Weed and Seed So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: School Shootings GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Why is Crime in Japan so Low Compared to the United States? CHAPTER 3 Are More People Getting High? Drug and Alcohol Abuse Why Alcohol and Drug Abuse are Social Problems Tobacco Use and Abuse Lawsuits and the Tobacco Industry E-cigarettes/Vaping Smokeless Tobacco Alcohol Use and Abuse Extent of Use Driving Under the Influence Treatment of Alcohol Abuse Behavioral Treatments Drug Use and Abuse The Opioid Epidemic Marijuana Use and Abuse Society''s Response to Drug Abuse: The War on Drugs Sociological Theory and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Functionalism and Drug Abuse Conflict Theory and Drug Abuse Symbolic Interactionism and Drug Abuse Critical Race Theory and Drug Abuse What Works? Effective Solutions To Address Alcoholism And Drug Addiction Tobacco Use: Breaking The Habit Opioid Addiction: Combining Approaches Alcohol Abuse: Limiting Access So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Marijuana and Enforcement Disparity GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Marijuana Use in Other Countries CHAPTER 4 Why Are There So Many Poor People? Poverty and Inequality The Extent of Poverty in the United States The American Way and the American Dream: Middle Class Perceptions of Poverty and the Poor Social Class/Social Inequality in the United States Personal Attribution Systemic Attribution Defining Poverty The Poverty Line Profiling the Poor Children and the Poor Homelessness: The Other Side of Poverty A Profile of the Homeless Sociological Theory and Poverty Functionalism and Poverty Conflict Theory and Poverty Cultural Explanations Postmodernism and Poverty How We Help the Poor: Welfare and Social Policy How Did We Get Here? What Works? Effective Solutions to Poverty So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Law Enforcement and the Homeless GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Finland''s Universal Basic Income CHAPTER 5 Do You Want Fries with That? Work and the Economy The Nature of Economic Systems Traditional Economy Command Economy Socialism Market Economy Mixed Economy Comparing Capitalism and Socialism The Best of Both Worlds? Democratic Socialism Work and Employment in the United States The Impact of Globalization Deindustrialization The Impact of Economic Changes on Workers Automation and Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace A Living Wage The Gig Economy and Part-time Workers Unemployment and Underemployment Unions and the Protection of Workers The Underground Economy Sociological Theory, Work, and the Economy Functionalism and Work Conflict Theory and Work Symbolic Interactionism and Work What Works? Effective Solutions to Workplace Problems Flextime and Telecommuting So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Fair Pay GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Social Democracy in Action CHAPTER 6 Can''t We All Just Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Inequalities Definitional Matters Race and Ethnicity The Social Construction of Race Minority Groups Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism White Privilege and White Fragility Is the Problem about Race or Social Class? Institutional Discrimination and Systemic Racism Housing Education Employment and Income Criminal Justice Health Care and Illness Sociological Theory and Race Functionalism and Race Conflict Theory and Race Critical Race Theory Symbolic Interactionism and Race What Works? Effective Solutions to Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism Affirmative Action Education Workplace Diversity Training Media Campaigns So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Policing While White GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Racial Tolerance CHAPTER 7 Can I Stay A Little Longer? Immigration and Refugees An Overview of Immigration in the United States History of Immigration in the United States The Extent of Immigration in the United States Today Immigrants: A Profile Immigration and Politics Public Opinion and Immigration Refugees Immigrants and the Criminal Justice System Deportations Detentions Federal, State, and Local Policies and Immigration Sociological Theory and Immigration Functionalism and Immigration Conflict Theory and Immigration Symbolic Interactionism and Immigration Critical Race Theory and Immigration What Works? Effective Solutions to Address Problems of Immigration So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Families at the Border GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: The Refugee Crisis in Yemen CHAPTER 8 Does Education Really Lead to a Better Life? Educational Inequalities An Overview of Education in the United States History of Public Education in the United States The Impact of Educational Inequalities in the United States Race and Educational Inequality Challenges to Public Education No Child Left Behind Act School Violence and School Shootings Zero-Tolerance Policies and Academic Achievement How Do Us and International Schools Compare? Why Do Some Public Schools Fail? Structural Factors Cultural and Individual Factors Responses to Challenges in Public Education Charter Schools School Vouchers Home Schooling English First Movement The Problem Does Not End in High School: Higher Education Issues Is a College Education Really Worth It? The High Cost of Dropping Out of College For-Profit Colleges and Online Education Sociological Theory and Education Functionalism and Education Conflict Theory and Education Symbolic Interactionism and Education What Works? Effective Solutions to Address Problems Of Education K-12 Programs Higher Education Programs So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Principal or Police? GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: How US Students Are Falling Behind CHAPTER 9 Why Can''t a Woman Do That? Gender Inequalities DEFINING GENDER Differences Between Boys and Girls The Women''s Movement in the United States Gender Socialization and Social Institutions Parents and Caretakers Peers Media Schools Gender, Life Chances, and Inequalities Work and Income Family and Career Military Crime and Victimization Female criminality CONTENTS Sexual Harassment Sociological Theory and Gender Functionalism and Gender Conflict Theory and Gender Symbolic Interactionism and Gender Feminist Theory and Gender What Works? Effective Solutions to Gender Inequality So What Can I Do? Conclusion Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions BOXES YOU MAKE THE CALL: Gender Stereotypes and Children CHAPTER 10 Love Is Love: Sexuality and Sexual Behavior Defining Sexual Orientation The History of LGBTQ People in the United States.