Social problems and sociological problems

Question 1

Social problems

Answer 1

• Worsley (1977)
• A social problem is some piece of social behaviour that causes public friction
• Such as truancy, divorce, juvenile delinquency

Question 2

Sociological problems

Answer 2

• Any piece of behavour we wish to make sense of
• E.g. why some people are poor or commit crime or why are people law abiding
• ‘Normal Behaviour’ is just as interesting to sociologsts. Some show no interest insolving social problems, they see their goal as being to discover knowledge for its own sake