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§ Legal/illegal immigration
§ Poverty
§ Violence in the Media
§ Unemployment
§ Alcoholism
§ Gambling
§ Sexual Harassment
§ Criminal Justice
§ Hunger / Homelessness
§ Mental Illness
§ Health
As an example, the area of “poverty” was selected from the above list to
locate information and relevant reports. To accomplish this, the
following was entered into a search engine (such as Google or MSN):
“Health and human services and programs dealing with poverty.” One of
the 1, 490,000 “hits” was titled: “Poverty Guidelines, Research and
Measurement.” Upon searching this website, an elaborate set of focus
subtitles was found. Under the heading “Poverty Research Centers” six
more references were discovered. As the interest was focused on
discovering what information was available, the search centered on “The
National Poverty Center.” An examination on this site under that
heading yielded numerous areas regarding new research opportunities,
informing the policy community, and training for young researchers.
Your specific assignment follows. Start with an exploration of what can
be found in several of the areas listed above. Then, identify one area and
prepare a descriptive post outlining the information in this site. You may