SWK-340 Sociology of Child Poverty

In this course child poverty will be analyzed from a sociological perspective. Within an international and historical context the demographics of poverty and the effects of poverty on children will be explored. This course will focus on the critical evaluations of the sociological research and theories of the causes of child poverty. The interrelatedness of the societal responses to poverty and occurrence of child maltreatment will be assessed.

Credits

3

Notes

3