SOCIAL 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

Life is better in trash

Streets ChildrenBroken Homes

• -Existence of Poverty

• -Effects of Poverty

Juvenile

Delinquency

& Crime

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

Child Labor

Environmental

Pollution

Unemployment & Underemployment

• Gambling-The Filipino have a passion in Gaming-Relationship of Gambling to

Crime

Sexual Harassment

Housing

Squatting

• The Traffic Problem

• The Problem of Peace and Order

Mail- Order Brides

“ Sociologists contend that social

stratification is universal because

individual inequalities exist in

all societies.”-ENGR. JOSELITO A.

ZULUETA

The end…..

Thank You!!!