Contemporary Social Problems in the UK A Comprehensive Overview

1. Social problems: exploring the landscape

Selwyn Stanley

2. Understanding and making sense of social problems

Will Hay

3. Poverty: the social problem of all time?

Elizabeth Richards

4. Fractured families: causes and consequences of family breakdown

Oluseye Ayomide and Aaron F. Mvula

5. A domestic violence pandemic: outlining victim and perpetrator perspectives

Helen Holmes

6. Teenage pregnancy – a social problem or public health issue?

Rajeeb Kumar Sah and Ritu Mahendru

7. Child abuse, child neglect and safeguarding children: an overview

Penelope Welbourne

8. Youth offending: nature, causes and implications

Sally-Ann Ashton and Anna Bussu

9. Alcohol misuse: one too many?

Selwyn Stanley

10. A bitter pill to swallow: exploring and understanding drug misuse in the UK

Darren Hill and Petra Salisbury

11. Constructing and conceptualising suicide and self-harm

Steven Jones and Rajan ‘Taj’ Nathan

12. Exploring homelessness

Will Hay and Mike Taylor

13. Multicultural societies: diversity, discrimination and social inclusion

Biography

Selwyn Stanley is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Edge Hill University, UK. He has published extensively in the areas of mental health, alcohol misuse, informal caregiving in chronic illness and family life dynamics. He is the editor of Social Problems in India: Perspectives for Intervention (Allied Publishers, 2004) and Social Work Education in Countries of the East: Issues & Challenges (Nova Science, 2011). His research orientation is in quantitative methods and areas of research interest include stress, resilience, coping, wellbeing, and quality of life issues in different populations. His recent publications have explored occupational stress and its correlates in social work practitioners and students in India. He is currently involved in studies that look at family caregiving issues for people with cancer and children with learning disabilities.

"It is essential that as the World moves through the various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic that we do not lose sight of the intransigent problems that plague modern society. Contemporary Social Problems in the UK returns our attention to many of the issues that intersect communities with traumatic consequences. In this exciting new book, Dr Stanley has brought together several respected academics and practitioners who draw our attention to the theories, models and research that underpin debates concerning social problems. It also highlights the way these issues transcend political and administrative boundaries across health, social care, social security, housing, employment, and criminal justice. Contemporary Social Problems in the UK provides essential reading for students and practitioners involved in social care, health, and criminal justice. As well as providing examples of ‘real world’ applications for students of Sociology, Psychology, and behavioural sciences."

Tony Gilbert, Associate Professor in the School of Health Professions, University of Plymouth, UK

"This text approaches a range of contemporary social issues and considers these within a number of frameworks where their differing manifestations are articulated, debated and contextualised against the backdrop of extant　theoretical approaches and practice-based interventions. The text will be of value to both students and professionals across a range of disciplines."

Steve J. Hothersall, Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Learning Disability Education and Practice, Edge Hill University, UK

"Social Problems in the UK are of growing concern not only for academics, policy makers and social practitioners but also the general population. This new edited book from Selwyn Stanley takes the reader through contemporary social issues and illustrates a range of debates and theoretical concepts. For the social sciences this is a must read for students of all levels, academics, and researchers."

Martin Partridge, Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for BA Social Care and Health, University of Wolverhampton, UK

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary social problems in areas that can often be overlooked in compact curricula, for example, substance misuse and homelessness. As such, this book is useful for modules in undergraduate and post graduate studies that explore sociology, criminology, applied social work practice and contemporary society. A useful text for the student on a range of important topics."

Karen D. Roscoe, Assistant Professor in Social Work, Coventry University, UK

"A vital new text outlining a broad range of overlapping social problems in contemporary UK society. This will be an incredibly useful text across the wide range of social policy professions, in education, health, social work and youth work; for social science students, as well as the general reader"

Richard Twine, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Edge Hill University, UK