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Rikkisha Gilmore-Byrd, M.S.
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Capitalism
Proponents of capitalism: the three main features of
capitalism provide for consumer control over the
quantity, quality and price of good; in other words
the demand and supply model encourages more and
better goods and services as competitive market
prices
 Those against capitalism in its pure form argue that it
unleashes and promotes personal greed
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Socialism
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Production is based on human need, not whether or
not they can afford them
Mixed Economics
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Strong elements of both capitalism and socialism
 Labor
unions emerged as a significant
political force in the US economy around the
late 19th century in response to working
people who organized to advocate for higher
wages
 Q:
Today, the number of unions has declined
to less than 16 million. Why?
 From
1950 to the present, the US
expenditures has grown from $70 billion to
over $3 trillion
 The US federal budget has grown from 10% of
the GDP prior to WWII, to 20% today
 Q: What are some of the reasons for this
growth in government ?
 Families
take on many different forms
 Monogamy
is a cultural norm to only have
one spouse at a time
 Egalitarian: power and authority are shared
somewhat equally husband and wife
 Extended: three or more generations who
live together or in close proximity and whose
lives are closely intertwined
 Nuclear: parents and their children
 Modified extended family: elaborate
networks of visitation and support are
founded even though each nuclear unit lives
separately
 Q:
What myths can you think of when it
comes to family related problems?
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Think about divorce, teenage pregnancy,
childbearing outside of marriage, etc.
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couples are at greater risk for divorce?
Social differences
Low socioeconomic standing, unemployment and
financial stress
Young age at marriage
Whirlwind romances
Any others?
 Blended
families: A family based on kinship
ties that accumulate as a consequence of
divorce and remarriage
 Q: What are some of the effects of divorce
on children?
 Dual-earner
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families
Today in almost two-third of two-parent families,
both parents work
 Singlehood
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Today 54 million adults in the US have never
been married; it has increased steadily since
1970
 Cohabitation-living
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According to the US Census in 2004, about 5.1
million “unmarried couple” households existed
 Single
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together
Parenthood
One-third of all births are to unmarried women,
compared to 4% in 1950
 Intimate
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According to one study, possibly as many as onequarter to one-third of gay men and lesbian
women have been abused by their intimate
partner (Durfee and Rosenberg, 2004)
 Child
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Abuse
Child abuse and neglect is the leading cause of
traumatic death for children aged four and
younger (US Dept of H & H Services, 2002)
 Elderly
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Partner Violence
Abuse
Somewhere between 700,000 and 1.1 million
elderly have suffered abuse (Pillemer and
Finkelhor, 1988)
What can be done to help reduce the problem of
family violence?
 Some recommendations include:
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Adopting the attitude that family violence in all forms
should be regarded as criminal
Establishing arrest as the preferred method of
immediately dealing with such crimes
Processing all complaints of family violence as
reported criminal offenses
Organizing special units to process family violence
cases
Eliminating the requirement that a victim sign a
formal complain fore the prosecutor can file charge,
unless mandated by state law
 Reading
 Discussion
Board
 Any other questions?