Social Problems and the Family

Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology.

• IntroductionDomestic Violence - Sally Foreman and Rudi DallosThe Abuse of Children - Esther SaragaMental Health - Rudi Dallos and David BoswellOld Age - John BaldockJuvenile Delinquency - Eugene McLaughlin and John MuncieThe Problem of Poverty - Allan CochraneHomelessness - Richard Skellington

`This clearly written and attractively presented book provides a succinct overview of contemporary social problems, with relevance well beyond the UK situation′ - Family Matters