Lewis northwestern university 2040 sheridan road evanston, illinois 60201 june 1980 prepared under grant number 78niax0057 from the national institute of law. Current social problems, their causes and solutions as. This is a precopyediting, authorproduced pdf of an article. In this section, we will also examine the roles of policymakers, social advocates, and the media in the process of defining social problems.
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