Social Issues and Problems
Social Issues and Problems
PROBLEMS
AND
ISSUES
Social Disorganization
• Babbie (1980), refers social
disorganization to the condition or
disruption, chaos and conflict in
society, when the various
structures and components of the
social system do not work
harmoniously.
Economic Condition
• Economic System, stem from
the dysfunction of inequitable
distribution of resources to the
members of the society.
Poverty
• Poverty is the state
or condition of
having no money to
buy goods and to
provide services to
satisfy one’s basic
needs.
The Nature of
Poverty
Some Causes of Poverty
in the Philippines
• Neocolonial
• Graft and corruption
Theories of Poverty
• a. Culture of Poverty Theory
• b. Dependency Theory
• c. The Social Darwinist
Theory
• d. The Theory of Capitalism
Poverty
• -Existence of
Poverty
• -Effects of
Poverty
Life is better in trash
Streets Children
Broken Homes
Ju ve n i l e
q u e n c y
Delin
& C ri m e
Juvenile
• Deals with children below 21 years
old who violates laws or who fail to
do what the law requires
Crime
-Adult behavior
Delinquent
• Is one who committed an
offense against an individual
and is punishable under our
criminal justice system.
3 Types of Delinquents
• 1. Environmental delinquents-
occasional lawbreaker
• 2. Emotional Maladjusted Delinquents-
chronic lawbreaker
• 3. Psychiatric Delinquents- serious
emotional disturbances in the family.
Prostitution & Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
Types of Prostitution
• a. Female
prostitute
• b. Male
Prostitute
• c. Child
Prostitution
Causes
of
Prostitution
• Poverty
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C
l Po ll uti o n
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Env
Unemployment &
Underemployment
• Gambling
-The Filipino have
a passion in Gaming
-Relationship of Gambling to Crime
Sexual Harassment
Housing
Squatting
• The Traffic Problem