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"Introduction to sociology courses and courses in social problems generally have a couple of things in common. First, they tend to serve as gateway courses that introduce students to sociology as a discipline and as a major; second, they teach students to think sociologically. But beyond that, these two kinds of courses are quite different, and the main difference has to do with how they cover similar issues. While general sociology courses acquaint students with fundamental concepts such as social structure and institutions, social problems courses go beyond this and focus on the troublesome situations endemic to social structures and institutions: poverty, racism, crime, drug addiction, unemployment, environmental disasters, terrorism, and so on. Given the panoply of distressing, harmful, and threatening social situations and conditions- and their complexity-the study of social problems requires, indeed demands, specialized focus by experts. Every social problems textbook currently on the market is written by one, two, or perhaps three authors who endeavor to cover a wide range of different social problems. This book is different: It is written by a panel of more than two dozen specialists. As such, each chapter has been prepared by one or more scholars who specialize in that particular issue. All of them are sociologists who frame the problems in question within the sociological imagination and provide the most current theories, research, and examples. That said, this is not a specialized text that assumes foundational knowledge on the part of the student; rather, it is intended to service a general introductory class in social problems. Additionally, although this is an edited text, it is not a reader; every effort has been made to link themes and discussions between chapters. There is, in short, no other textbook like it"--