Social Problems: Social problems are conditions among people leading to social responses that violate some people’s values and norms and cause emotional or economic suffering. Examples of social problems include crime, social inequality, poverty, racism, drug abuse, misdistribution of limited resources.
According to American Journal of Sociology by-Lawrence K. Frank” Social problem is any difficulty or misbehavior of fairly large number of person which we wish to remove or correct”.
Traits of social problem
1. An influential group
2. Social condition asserted to be a problem
3. Affecting a large number of people
4. Remedied by collective action
Major Types of Social Problems:
1. Economic problem
2. Organic problem
3. Psychological problem.
4. Cultural problem
Causes of Social Problems:
1. Over population
2. Social change
3. Natural disaster
4. Interdependency and cumulative reaction of the problems
5. Cultural lag
6. Political instability
7. Unequal distribution of wealth and scopes
8. Discrimination of income distribution
9. Conflict by values
10. Social anxiety
Means to Controls of Social Problems
1. Social research
2. Control of social tension factors
3. Legal control
4. Change in behavior
5. Change in Social structure
6. Social policy and social planning
7. Social services
8. Religious and moral education
9. Use and engagement of experts
10. Social security
11. Creating positive social process
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