The process of identifying the incidence, prevalence, and nature of certain conditions within a community is best described as conducting
a. a program evaluation
b. an agency relevance review
c. a human services needs assessment
d. a participatory research exercise
C
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Theorists using a __________ perspective emphasize that families serve important duties in society because they are the primary source for the procreation and socialization of children
a. conflict b. symbolic interactionist c. postmodern d. functionalist
Trading in fire arms is big business for transnational criminal operations. Why and where do these weapons come from? Explain, using at least one specific example from the book, why guns are profitable to transnational criminal organizations and how individuals and/or groups acquire illegal guns either for or from these organizations.
What will be an ideal response?
Studies of the pluralist model within distinct communities, such as Dahl's work in New Haven, have which important limitation?
A. Observation is necessarily limited to local elites who belong to a larger national ruling class. B. They are not scientific because they lack effective controls. C. They fail to address the potential of elites keeping certain matters out of government debate. D. Racial and ethnic minorities are largely absent from such studies.