"For the Third Edition of Investigating Social Problems, Editor A. Javier Treviño, has again gathered a panel of experts to provide a contemporary and authoritative introduction to the field. Each chapter is framed around three major themes : intersectionality (the interplay of race, ethnicity, class, and gender), the global scope of many problems, and how researchers take an evidence-based approach to studying problems. The unique contributed format ensures that the research, examples and perspectives used are the most current and relevant available. In addition to general theoretical approaches, including structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism, each contributor describes one or two specialized theories that bring additional insight and analysis to their assigned topics."--taken from back cover.