Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science

James D. Wright is provost distinguished research professor in the department of sociology at the University of Central Florida, USA. He also serves as director of the University of Central Florida Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences, and as editor-in-chief of the journal Social Science Research. He has published more than a dozen books, including Armed and Considered Dangerous and Under the Gun as well as many journal articles. His current research interests include violence, urban poverty and inequality, health and the homeless population, and the divorce reform movement.

Contents Preface: Nor Commit a Social Science . . . Acknowledgements 1 Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam Introduction Life, Time, and the Fortunes of War In Retrospect 2 America's Homeless Introduction The Worthy and Unworthy Homeless In Retrospect Address Unknown: Homelessness inContemporary America In Retrospect Science, Passion and Polemics In Retrospect 3 The Minimum Wage Introduction Minimum Wage, Maximum Hokum In Retrospect 4 Popular Science and Social Science Introduction Popular Science, Social Science, Metaphor, and Deception In Retrospect 5 Guns in America Introduction Ten Essential Observations on Guns in America Kids, Guns and Killing Fields In Retrospect 6 Handsome Guys Don't Commit Crimes Introduction Never Pick a Fight with an Ugly Person, They've Got Nothing to Lose In Retrospect 7 America's Divorce Problem Introduction America's Divorce Problem In Retrospect Marriage Matters: A Report to Our Respondents 8 Small Towns in Mass Society Introduction Small Towns, Mass Society, and the 21st Century In Retrospect 9 Sober Up, Take a Shower, Get a Job Introduction Sobering Up on the Streets How Can We Stay Sober In Retrospect 10 Food, Glorious Food Introduction Food Deserts: What is the Problem, What is the Solution? In Retrospect 11 Social Science in Review Introduction Daniel Yankelovich, New Rules: Searching for Self Fulfillment in a World Turned Upside Down In Retrospect Seymour M. Lipset and William Schneider, The Confidence Gap In Retrospect Wayne LaPierre, Guns, Crime, and Freedom In Retrospect John Shelton Reed, Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s In Retrospect Index