Books On Social Control

Sociology Books 2008

Women, Law, and Social Control (2nd Edition) (July 21, 2005)
Alida V. Merlo, Joycelyn M. Pollock
Written by leading scholars, this collection of original articles examines women as offenders, professionals, and victims. This reader explores current issues—including the increase in women’s imprisonment rates, women as rape survivors, women who kill in abusive relationships, and women working within the criminal justice system. Eleven new articles in the book as well as numerous updated articles keep this the most current reader on women, law, and criminal justice.

Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan (Oct, 2003)
by Sabine Fruhstuck
A sweeping study of sex, power, and knowledge in modern Japan, this ambitious work provides the first full-scale, detailed history of the formation and application of a science of sex from Meiji through mid-twentieth century Japan. Tracing the different uses made of sexual knowledge, the book brings to light the complex and subtle interplay between sexuality, scientific expertise, social control, and empire building.
Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Fruhstuck analyzes the conflicts and negotiations that aimed at producing a normative sexuality. She shows how the "colonization" of sex was enacted through debates over several issues: the necessity of sex education; the prevention of venereal diseases; the problem of masturbation and its alleged consequences; the legalization of birth control; the fight against prostitution; the emergence of eugenics; and, eventually, the implementation of "racial hygiene" policies. In Colonizing Sex we see how these struggles were driven by rhetoric consisting of cries for defense, liberation, and truth--emphasizing in every historical moment how the sexual body has been, and is, part of much broader currents in political, cultural, and social life.
Sabine Frühstück is Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is coeditor of The Culture of Japan as Seen through Its Leisure (1998) and Neue Geschichten der Sexualität: Beispiele aus Ostasien und Zentraleuropa 1700-2000 (1999). She is currently completing a book on military-societal relations in modern Japan, entitled Avant-garde: The Army of the Future.

The Social Control of Cities?: A Comparative Perspective (Studies in Urban and Social Change) Jan 2000
by Sophie Body-Gendrot
The purpose of this chapter is to test the possible correlation between the impact of the globalization of the economy on the city, the growth of inequalities and of power conflicts, and the violence and crime which may ensue in specific segregated urban areas.

On Social Organization and Social Control (Heritage of Sociology Series)
Morris Janowitz, James Burk (Editor)
In the four decades following the end of World War II, Morris Janowitz (1919-88) published major works in macrosociology, urban and political sociology, race and ethnic relations, and the study of armed forces and society. His research was deeply rooted in the traditions of philosophical pragmatism and the Chicago school of sociology, influences which led him to reject grand theories and mechanistic explanations of social life. Yet he remained confident in the capacity of sociological reason to come to grips with central aspects of the human condition. On the basis of his studies, Janowitz came to believe that the transition from early to advanced industrial society radically altered institutional organization to make democratic social control more difficult, though not impossible, to achieve. The task of his "pragmatic sociology" was to identify fundamental trends in the social organization of industrial societies, to indicate their substantive implications for social control, and to clarify realistic alternatives for institution building which would strengthen the prospects for maintaining liberal democratic regimes.
In this volume, James Burk selects from Janowitz's scholarly writings to provide a comprehensive overview of his wide-ranging interests. Organized to demonstrate the common logic of inquiry and substantive unity of Janowitz's contribution to several subfields of sociology, the collection includes analyses of the concept of social control, ethnic intolerance and hostility, citizenship in Western societies, models for urban education, and the professionalization of military elites. Burk provides a richly detailed, critical account of Janowitz's intellectual development, placing his writings in historical context and showing their continuing relevance for sociological research. Useful to both students and specialists, the volume is an important source for the ideas and methods of one of sociology's leading figures.
Morris Janowitz taught sociology at the University of Chicago for twenty-six years. His numerous publications include Social Control of the Welfare State and The Last Half-Century: Societal Change and Politics in America, both published by the University of Chicago Press. He founded the Heritage of Sociology series and served as editor for twenty years. James Burk is associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M University.

Test Card F : Television, Mythinformation and Social Control
by Anonymous, Various
Reviewer: Joseph Kenney "buttergun" (Dallas, TX USA)
This book was first published in Ireland, so it naturally focuses on the UK. However, its information on the pathetic state of modern news coverage is very global. This book is very short, slim, and Situationist. Lots of deranged "comix" throughout. It will definitely open your eyes to many things, but I doubt it will make you want to toss your television out the window. After all, if this book makes you do that, then you are just as "impressionable" as the TV slaves the book derides. And that's the funny thing about this book. It claims that TV is bad because it will rot your brain and tell you what you should think; then the book TELLS you to throw away your TV. Basically what I am saying is, this book is just as opinionated and commanding as the industry it is trying to lambaste. Read the book and see what you think. Let it open your eyes, but don't let it change your life. Because the idea that ALL television is bad is just as lameheaded as saying that ALL white people can't dance, or ALL Asians are good at math, or any other such idiotic popular myths. As Hagbard Celine said in the Illuminatus! Trilogy: "Think for yourself." Actually, there was an additional word on that sentence, but if I wrote it, Amazon would surely edit it out...
Smashes the Idiot Box, June 13, 2000
Reviewer: Jesse Hicks (Pennsylvania, US) - See all my reviews
Test Card F systematically dismantles the myth-machine of Television, and in the process brings down the culture of distraction surrounding Television. But Test Card F isn't some incoherent rant on the evils of modern society - this is in-depth, thought provoking material, well-researched, articulate, and reasonable. This book has more in common with Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan than the Luddittes.
Test Card F addresses the issue of The Society of the Spectacle - what happens when we all become viewers, spectators in our lives? Today's television viewers are more informed than ever in mankind's history, but are we more active? What is the role of commercials in the television mindscape? Who are these people on the box we see every day? Just who's at the controls here?
Test Card F is a eye-opening, provocative piece of writing, presented with the kind of humorously cynical optimism missing from much of today's social criticism. It's the kind of book that will make you stop watching and start doing.

Religion, Deviance and Social Control (Paperback)
by Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge
"Accessible to both general reader and social scientist. Undergraduates will appreciate the balance between theory, quantitative evidence, and historical description."
ICCA Journal, April 1997
"Readers who were impressed by an earlier issue of this journal that focused on corrections and religion will be interested in reading this book.."

Deviance and Social Control: A Reader (Paperback)
by Ronald Weitzer
Conveniently divided into five comprehensive parts, Deviance and Social Control provides readers with a selection of articles that examine core issues in the field of deviant behavior and social control. Major areas covered in the book include how individuals “become deviant,” changes in their identities as they become increasingly involved in deviance; how deviants explain or justify their behavior; the role of the mass media in framing popular impressions of deviants; social and political conflicts over deviance and over appropriate methods of suppressing or managing deviant populations; why norms and sanctions change over time, in either a more rigid or more tolerant direction; the role of others (family, friends, strangers, police, psychiatrists, etc.) in identifying individuals who are engaged in unacceptable behavior, attaching labels to them, and discriminating against them in some fashion; and ways in which deviant actors attempt to “fight back” to reject stigmatization, enhance their self-esteem, and struggle for their rights. Types of deviance examined in the book include drug use and drug dealing, corporate crime, pornography, governmental deviance, rape and other violence against women, prostitution, homosexuality, cyberdeviance, AIDS, cheating among college students, transgenders, and many others.
Ronald Weitzer received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. He is currently a professor of sociology at George Washington University in Washington, DC. His research includes extensive work on police relations with minority groups in the United States, South Africa, and Northern Ireland. He is also an expert on the sex industry, and has written several articles on prostitution in the United States. He has published four books: Current Controversies in Criminology (Prentice-Hall, forthcoming 2002), Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry (Routledge 2000), Policing under Fire: Ethnic Conflict and Police-Community Relations in Northern Ireland (State University of New York Press, 1995), and Transforming Settler States: Communal Conflict and Internal Security in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe (University of California Press, 1990).

Images of Deviance and Social Control (Paperback)
by Stephen J Pfohl
A very scholarly, upper-level text examining deviance and social control using nine major theoretical perspectives. For each perspective, Pfohl describes the basic theoretical images of deviance; discusses dominant research strategies and social control policies; locates the perspective within a general sociohistorical framework; discusses its status today; and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. While primarily sociological, it spans the concerns of a variety of disciplines (criminology/CJ, anthropology, religion, psychology, medicine, political science), integrating references to literature, film, music, and painting to show parallels between images of deviance produced by scientists and those produced by artists. A persuasive theme is that power relations, which are socially organized, shape a person's perception, definition, and reaction to deviance; thus, the study of deviance and social control is decidedly political. In the second edition, in addition to general updating, Pfohl enhances material on race and gender in the hierarchical/patriarchal power structure. He also expands and elaborates upon the critical perspective, devoting the two final chapters to it.

Power and Persuasion: Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico (Paperback)
by Stanley Brandes
In "Power and Persuasion" Stanley Brandes demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values.
The main focus of Brandes's analysis is Tzintzuntan, in rural Mexico. Two primary mechanisms serve to maintain order in this community: power, ie., the coercive influence of formally constituted organs of Church and State, and persuasion, i.e., the totality of informal pressures and instructive procedures that lead people to conduct their lives with regard to particular standards.
Through symbolic analysis, Brandes demonstrates how the principles of cultural organization can be found in the Tzintzuntan fiesta cycle. The fiestas are complex events; their very organization requires a good deal of social maneuvering, which calls into operation a series of power hierarchies and makes salient certain core values.
At the same time, fiestas themselves affirm and validate the system that gave rise to them. Not only do they solidify authority relations, both official and unofficial, but they also clarify and reinforce the norms by which orderly social life may be conducted.
"Power and Persuasion" is of interest to students of anthropology, contemporary Latin American studies, religion and ritual, symbolism, and politics.

"Licentious Liberty" in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region: Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais (Paperback)
by Kathleen J. Higgins
Reviewer: Fábio Pimentel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
"Licentious Liberty' in a Brazilian Gold-Mining Region : Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais" is a wonderful examination of the interactions between masters and slaves in the gold-mining areas in eighteenth-century Brazil. This masterpiece shows how the gender relations between female slaves and their white masters have often subverted the values of a hypocritical and conservative society, allowing the changing of status of black women, among which the most famous one was certainly Chica da Silva, a former slave who began to live among the members of the limited gold-mining elite after becoming the concubine of a portuguese official. This book is speacially advisable for those interested in slavery and general sociology.

Serfdom and Social Control in Russia: Petrovskoe, a Village in Tambov (Hardcover)
by Steven Hoch
Everyday life of Russian serfs between 1800 and 1850 is reconstructed from Soviet archival records of one noble family through methods of historical demography. Topics covered include amount and kinds of food available to the peasants, housing conditions, household size, marriage patterns, and methods of social control. The last was maintained primarily by the family patriarchs, only secondarily by the bailiffs on the estate. Hoch (History, Drew) concludes that the distribution of wealth in a village was far more egalitarian than has been previously supposed. Thoroughly researched and documented, this scholarly work will be a valuable complement to Jerome Blum's Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century ( 1961) and Gerold T. Robinson's Rural Russia Under the Old Regime ( 1967) . Recommended for academic libraries. Narcia L. Sprules, Univ. of South Dakota Lib., Vermillion

Social Control In Europe: 1800-2000 (The History of Crime and Criminal Justice) (September 30, 2004)
by Clive Emsley (Editor), Eric Johnson (Editor), Pieter Spierenburg (Editor)

Punishment and Social Control: Essays in Honor of Sheldon L. Messinger (New Lines in Criminology) (Paperback) (June, 2003)
by T. G. Blomberg (Editor), Stanley Cohen (Editor), Thomas G. Blomberg (Editor), S. Cohen (Editor)
The Law and Politics Book Review
"The result is a valuable and original set of essays that will be enjoyed by students and scholars alike. "
The first edition of this book, published in 1995, commemorated the work of Sheldon L. Messinger at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkeley. While the scope and orientation of this new second edition remain the same, excluded are all personal tributes and references to Messinger's own contribution to the study of punishment and social control. In recognition of the continued growth and diversity of interest in this field, new chapters have been added and some of the original chapters have been updated and revised.

Understanding Social Control (December 1, 2003) Martin Innes
Provides a clear, yet panoramic analysis of how the concept of social control has been used by different theoretical traditions in the social sciences.
Connects contemporary changes in areas such as policing, penal systems and surveillance, with wider and deeper changes in the constitution of society.
Employs empirical examples to illustrate key conceptual points.
Develops an innovative argument about the nature and scope of social control in late-modern societies.
Understanding Social Control investigates how the concept of social control has been used to capture the ways in which individuals, communities and societies respond to a variety of forms of deviant behaviour. In so doing, the book demonstrates how an appreciation of the meanings of the concept of social control is vital to understanding the dynamics and trajectories of social order in contemporary late-modern societies. Through an analysis of a range of different modes of social control including: policing, imprisonment, surveillance, risk management, audit and architecture, this book explores how and why the mechanisms and processes of social control are changing. The book will be of interest to those studying courses in criminology and the social sciences, researchers with interests in the sociology of deviance and social control, and readers who want to understand the social forces that are shaping the world they live in.

Social Control and Political Order : European Perspectives at the End of the Century. by Roberto Bergalli (Editor), Colin S Sumner (Editor)
Social control is a key concept within sociology, arguably one of the most important. This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding this concept and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe. Contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and politics in both Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world, discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe. Social Control and Political Order provides an in-depth examination of the debates on the possibilities and problems for social control as a core sociological concept. This will be essential reading for students and academics in political science, criminology, sociology, and legal studies.

Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment, and Classification Stanley Cohen
Excellent and Inspiring, November 10, 2002
Reviewer: Hadar Aviram (Albany, California United States)
Stanley Cohen's Visions of Social Control is a unique book in criminological theory. It looks at imprisonment and its alternatives through a macro-historical perspective, comparing models and approaches all over the map, from Rothman to Foucault and Ignatieff. It's written in a fascinating way, and gives examples and illustrations that are sharp and to the point. Scholars and teachers of criminal justice, and sociology of law, will find the firs chapter - The Master Patterns - and the fifth chapter - The Professionals - expecially useful and interesting.
Visions...warns us of the dangers of soft on crime solutions, December 23, 1996
Reviewer: A reader
As we all know, now is the key time in determining the future of our criminal justice policy. any new soft on crime approaches in the juvenile justice system such as legalizing runaways, parent "training" or even something benevolent as expanding gun tracing would definately cause a totalitarian society in the US to result. It would probably take just a few months. Nuclear war would follow immediately, killing all life on the planet.

'Of Good and Ill Repute': Gender and Social Control in Medieval England Barbara Hanawalt
To be labeled "of ill repute" in medieval society implied that the person had committed a violation of accepted standards and had stepped beyond the bounds of permissible behavior. To have the reputation "of good repute", however, was powerful enough to acquit a person suspected of a crime or wrongful act. Gender, class, social statues, wealth, connections, bribes, friends, and even the community all played a role in determining who was of good repute and who was not.
Of Good and Ill Repute examines the problems of social control in medieval England in the later Middle Ages. In eleven interrelated essays, including three previously unpublished works, Hanawalt explores how social control was maintained in Medieval England. She examines the complex social regulations and stigmatizations that medieval society used to arrive at decisions about certain individuals. Focusing on gender, criminal behavior, law enforcement, village arbitration, and cultural rituals on inclusion and exclusion, Of Good and Ill Repute reflects the most current scholarship on medieval legal history, cultural history, and women's cultural studies.

Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) (Paperback)
by Sally S. Simpson, Alfred Blumstein, David Farrington (Series Editor)
This provocative book will stimulate readers to think about a wide range of issues in addition to the important question of deterrence that lies at its core." The Law and Politics Book Review
Why do corporations comply with the law? When companies violate the law, what kinds of interventions are most apt to return them to compliant status? The purpose of this book is to examine whether a shift toward the use of criminal law with its emphasis on punishment and stigmatization will be a successful crime control strategy. The author reviews whether current legal systems based in criminal, civil, and regulatory law "deter" corporate crime. She concludes that strict criminalization models that rely on punishments will not yield sufficiently high levels of compliance.

Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire: A Study in Social Control (Paperback)
by K. R. Bradley
This ground-breaking book is the first to show how the institution of slavery, one of the most characteristic and enduring features of Roman imperial society, was maintained over time and how, at the practical level, the lives of slaves in the Roman world were directly controlled by their masters. The author demonstrates, first, how the tensions generated between slaves and masters can be perceived in the ancient sources, and, second, how those tensions were dealt with, as masters treated their slaves with varying forms of generosity and punishment in order to elicit obedience from them. Special attention is given to the slaves' family lives, to their acquisition of freedom through manumission, and to the climate of violence that surrounded them. Emphasizing the harsh realities of Roman slavery in a new way, this important book will stir intense debate among scholars and students.

Punishment in America : Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment (Paperback)
by Michael Welch
"Michael Welch’s book is an invitation to think. It is an invitation to grow intellectually and critically, as a consumer of crime policy and an observer of the American scene. Written by a scholar who has dedicated his work to uncovering the hidden ironies of formal crime policy, this is a collection of essays of depth and significance. Those who read it will be challenged, and those who engage with the challenges contained within these pages will have their views of the realities of penal policy changed: deepened, and made more honest, more complete. More true."
--from the Foreword by Todd R. Clear, Florida State University
Punishment in America offers readers a critical examination of the so-called back end of the criminal justice system, namely, incarceration. The book integrates various levels of analysis ranging from the macrosociological aspects of punishment to the meso (organizational) and micro (individual) dimensions of imprisonment. The overarching themes of Punishment in America are social control and the ironic effects of incarceration. In an effort to reduce crime, the criminal justice system ironically produces various self-defeating measures. Moreover, these pitfalls in current correctional policy and practice which neglect fundamental social inequality merely compound the problem of crime.
MICHAEL WELCH received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Texas and is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA). He has correctional experience at the federal, state, and local levels. His research interests include punishment and social control, and he has published numerous articles for academic journals, edited volumes, and other scholarly publications. His key writings have appeared in Justice Quarterly, Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, The Prison Journal, Crime, Law & Social Change, Social Justice, Youth & Society, Race, Gender & Class, Critical Criminology: An International Journal, Contemporary Justice Review, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Women & Criminal Justice, Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Journal of Crime & Justice, Addictive Behaviors: An International Journal, Dialectical Anthropology, Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, Social Pathology, Crisis Intervention & Time-Limited Treatment, Federal Probation: Journal of Correctional Philosophy & Practice, and The Justice Professional. Also he is author of Detained: Immigration Laws and the Expanding I.N.S. Jail Complex (2002, Temple University Press), Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest (2000, de Gruyter), Punishment in America: Social Control & the Ironies of Imprisonment (1999, Sage), and Corrections: A Critical Approach, (2nd edition, 2004, McGraw-Hill). He serves as an Affiliate with Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research at Rutgers University. Welch invites you to visit his website - professormichaelwelch.com

The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States (Contemporary Social Issues (New York, N.Y.).) (Paperback)
by William G. Staples
The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States takes an intriguing look at the many ways in which people are increasingly monitored and controlled in everyday life. This provocative new book traces a continuum of social controls, from the simple surveillance camera to lie-detector tests. Raising questions about freedom, privacy, and the power of state and private organizations, this book will help readers identify with and understand the consequences of social control.

German Catholics and Hitler's Wars: A Study in Social Control (Paperback)
by Gordon C. Zahn
Reviewer: Rev. Ray Dubuque (East Haven, Conn. - USA)
It's a shame that only one reviewer has preceded me. If Catholics were reading this book, there would probably be many trying to undermine it, as there are the excellent book by another Roman Catholic scholar, John Cornwell.
Cornwell's book may be making a bigger splash because of his controversial title, "Hitler's Pope, the secret history of Pius XII". Both authors are obviously pained, as Catholics themselves, by the facts which they uncovered, and are not happy to be exposing the shameful record of their church regarding the Holocaust. But loyalty to God does not allow them to hide or misrepresent the truth about their church. And for that they are to be praised - by God, if not by all of their fellow Catholics! -
The prior reviewer does a great job of summarizing Gordon Zahn's book. I urge Christians as well as Jews to read both of these books, (...)
Detailed record of bishops' support for Hitler's war., April 12, 1999
Reviewer: A reader
This book exposes the powerful support for Hitler and his war on the part of the German Catholic hierarchy.
These men were, for the most part, anti-Nazi.
Their protests, however, were limited to complaints about harassment of Catholics, confiscation of religious property and the creation a new pagan cult.
For the most part they urged their flocks to support the Nazis, especially in World War Two.
Prohibitions against support of unjust wars had no affect on them and Zahn enumerates the reasons why.
First of all, Catholic teaching led them to support the secular government.
In this regard, the Pope's recognition of Hitler's regime as legitimate set a tragic example for all Catholics to follow.
Second, like most Germans, they were pained by their country's set-backs in World War One and yearned for Germany to attain the glorious role it deserved on the world stage.
Another contributing factor was, apparently, the important role that obedience to authority and duty to the fatherland played in German culture.
Finally, these men feared Communism. Communists had staged a number of unsuccessful coups in Germany in the years following World War One and Hitler was against Bolshevism.
Ironically, Zahn repeatedly refers to these men as heroes while portraying them as leaders gone astray.
Some had been active in the inter-war peace movement but Zahn quotes sermon after sermon in which they urge their congregations to serve loyally and lavish praise upon soldiers "defending" their country.
In a number of asides Zahn also calls into question the role of the bishops' opposite numbers in the Allied camp whom, he feels, betrayed their callings as well when they did not oppose the bombing of cities and demand for an unconditional surrender.

Social Control : Views from the Social Sciences (SAGE Focus Editions) (Paperback)
by Jack P. Gibbs
Scholars in political studies, criminology, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences assess the forms social control will take in the future. What role will the law, the mass media, or behaviour modification have in preventing socially undesirable actions or guiding the course of society? What will be subject to social control in the future? What will its impact be on specific institutions, the family, education, and politics? Social control of some sort is necessary: when does it begin to interfere with freedom?

Social Control and Political Order
European Perspectives at the End of the Century
Edited by: Roberto Bergalli University of Barcelona, Spain
Colin S Sumner University of Salford, UK
Description: This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social
control, and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe.
The contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and
politics in both the Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world; they discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess
its relevance for contemporary Europe.

Women and the Social Control of Their Bodies. Reading, Berkshire: Research Publications for the British Library of Political and Economic Science, 1988-. 8 reels
COVERAGE The institutions of marriage and family were threatened by the new methods of birth control which became available in the late 19th century. The first organization in England dedicated to advocating the practice of birth control was the Malthusian League. The library has Series 1: Journals and Papers of the Birth Control Movement. This collection contains Part 1: the complete run of its journal Malthusian from 1879-1921, and Part 2: the Eugenics Review from 1909-1921. The Malthusian documents the questions of population, wage issues, poverty, prostitution and from 1910 onward an increasing interest in eugenics. It also provides information on birth control, marriage, the family, poverty, prostitution, racial theories, and the whole area of women and social change.