SOCIAL 
PROBLEMS 
AND 
ISSUES
Social Disorganization 
• Babbie (1980), refers social 
disorganization to the 
condition or disruption, chaos 
and conflict in society, when 
the various structures and 
components of the social 
system do not work 
harmoniously.
Economic Condition 
• Economic System, stem 
from the dysfunction of 
inequitable distribution of 
resources to the members of 
the society.
• Poverty is the 
state or condition 
of having no 
money to buy 
goods and to 
provide services 
to satisfy one’s 
basic needs.
The Nature of 
Poverty
Some Causes of Poverty 
in the Philippines 
• Neocolonial 
• Graft and corruption
Theories of Poverty 
• a. Culture of Poverty Theory 
• b. Dependency Theory 
• c. The Social Darwinist 
Theory 
• d. The Theory of Capitalism
Poverty 
• -Existence of 
Poverty 
• -Effects of 
Poverty 
Life is better in trash 
Streets Children 
Broken Homes
Juvenile 
• Deals with children below 21 
years old who violates laws or 
who fail to do what the law 
requires 
Crime 
-Adult behavior
Delinquent 
• Is one who committed an 
offense against an 
individual and is punishable 
under our criminal justice 
system.
3 Types of Delinquents 
• 1. Environmental delinquents-occasional 
lawbreaker 
• 2. Emotional Maladjusted 
Delinquents- chronic lawbreaker 
• 3. Psychiatric Delinquents- serious 
emotional disturbances in the 
family.
Prostitution & Sexually 
Transmitted Diseases
Types of Prostitution 
• a. Female 
prostitute 
• b. Male 
Prostitute 
• c. Child 
Prostitution
Causes 
of 
Prostitution 
•Poverty
Unemployment & 
Underemployment
• Gambling 
-The Filipino have 
a passion in Gaming 
-Relationship of Gambling to 
Crime
Sexual Harassment
Housing 
Squatting
• The Traffic Problem 
• The Problem of Peace and 
Order
Mail- Order Brides
“ Sociologists contend 
that social stratification 
is universal because 
individual inequalities 
exist in all societies.” 
-ENGR. JOSELITO A. ZULUETA
The end….. 
Thank 
You!!!

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