Foundations of Sociology

 Work and Leisure Occupation Chosen: Lawyer Link:  https://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/lawyers.htm#tab-1     So what does a Lawyer do? Lawyers advise and represent legal clients during court proceedings and through legal transactions. Things however aren't that simple, as some lawyers serve different duties depending on what type of lawyer they are . For example there are six types of lawyer; Environmental Lawyer, Family Lawyer, Intellectual Property Lawyer, Security Lawyer, Personal Injury Lawyer, and Tax Lawyer . There are many different uses for Lawyers, but they all grind down to legal advice, management, and representation. Now you can ask, what does a lawyer make ? A lawyer can make up to $70.08 dollars an hour, and $145,760 annually . Lawyers tend to work in a formal office setting , and they also travel to meet with clients at various locations . Work tends to be stressful to lawyers such as during trials and nearing legal deadlines . Now what kind of education ...

Community Diversity and Child Advocacy   Article: The Hidden Side of Migration: Understanding sexuality as an aspiration to migrate Authors: Dilvin Dilara Usta, Mustafa F. Ozbilgin  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1027268/full         The Article by Dilvin and Mustafa, is based around the "hidden side of migration" and this article dives into that theme being sexuality. The first point they make is that some places aren't exactly secure or safe for someone who fits outside the social norm. The study examines the sexuality and gender identity of these migrants leaving their home country to find a more welcoming and suitable home. The article then mentions something called the toxic triangle, which is a hostile environment, structures and cultures that hold away freedom to sexuality. This then leads to the vast migration of people who don't fit the norm, they risk getting put through imprisonment or even death...

 GRAND THEFT AUTO!   https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend               For the crime I chose for this weeks blog, was Vehicle Theft , also known as Grand Theft Auto . The first variable we look at is our starting number of vehicle thefts in the year 2021 . In the United States there had been 49,276 reported by the local population, then there were around 5,715 United State Clearance cases that were filed . Then 72.73% of cases were covered by population coverage . These numbers then spiked over the years and reached its maximum in the year 2024 .            In the year of 2024 , there were 87,528 cases reported by the population, reaching an increase of about 77.63% over the last three years . Then in the year of 2024 there were 7,701 cases that were then put through clearance , taking a 34.75 hike . Finally in the year of 2024, the number of United St...

  Homelessness https://www.hcn.org/articles/as-cities-enact-camping-bans-where-will-californias-unhoused-population-go/ Author: Erin Rode Title:   As cities enact camping bans, where will California’s unhoused population go? Argument: With cities banning homeless camps, the homeless population suffers due to extreme weather conditions.                                                                 Article Summary      The article starts off with mentioning how Gov. Gavin Newsome had issued a ban on homeless camps and how the order was made to clear encampments near official state property. The author then continues to mention how Gov. Newsome had withdrawn the funding of homeless localities. This was then supported by a supreme...

  SOCILOGICAL STUDY: The Marriage Paradox The Authors:   W. Bradford Wilcox ,  Alan J. Hawkins Weblink to the article:   https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22637 Theory: The Marriage Paradox is a theory that is based on the increasing rate of divorces in the last six decades. The reason they found this is for a varying plethora of reasons, but the main one was the fact that the values and virtues that once upheld a long and loving marriage, one of these values being monogamy. The study then goes on to say that for men, women, and children that are in a marriage are said to be happier, healthier and financially more secure. However in more recent years the cultural demographic for marriage has been downplayed even though they have been proven to be true through study (for what we are to believe from the outside). Thus came the "Marriage Paradox", where marriage is viable, however it isn't exactly given credit where it is due. The Research Methodology: The study's Research s...

Erving Goffman   Background: Goffman is a Canadian-American sociologist who had been born on June 11th, 1922, in Mannville, Canada. He later moved to America to pursue his education at the University of Chicago in 1953. He became the 73rd president of the American Sociology Association (ASA) . Assumptions of Sociology: His main assumption was that people actively manage the impressions they present to others in their social interactions, in a sense being an actor to preserve their wanted visage to be kept. So the main thought process of this assumption is that people wear masks in a sense, making themselves seem more desirable or liked depending on the setting or people. This also then ties into the concept that our personalities aren't fixed but are instead influenced by others around them.  Erving Goffman was also considered one of the leading proponents to " symbolic interactionism ," which is the the view of social behavior that emphasizes linguistic or gestural com...