Papers will be a minimum of two pages double spaced, 12pt, Arial font, standard margins. Students are expected to cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources. You are free to select your preferred citation style (for instance: MLA, ASA, APA, Chicago) as long as you remain consistent in your usage. Please make sure you are properly citing your sources and avoiding plagiarism. For example: if you pull a direct quote from a text, that quote requires the page number of the original quote within the in-text citation.

Prompt:Take an element of a social problem we have discussed in this section (police violence, drug abuse, or weight anxiety) and write about its connection to one of the following
1) Compare the individual perspective to the sociological perspective on the issue.

2) The impact the social problem has upon American society and why it remains a social problem.

3) Discuss the intersection of your chosen problem with another social problem or issue. Explain how they are connected.