The main objective is to detail how the issue became a social problem and what the outcomes of the social problems process have been. Your essay should summarize Joel Best’s theoretical model and use it as the framework for presenting the details of your particular case. While it is not necessary to quote directly from the book, please make sure to make reference to particular pages in the book where the ideas you are using are found. Questions that your essay should consider include: What are the objective conditions of your chosen social problem? How has the claimsmaking process occurred, especially the construction of claims and the mobilization of claimsmakers? What role have different social actors (activists, experts, media, publics, policymakers, social problems workers and subjects, etc.) played in the social problems process? What have been the outcomes of these processes, in terms of both policies and changes in objective conditions? Please write a well-organized paper that addresses these questions and draws upon ideas from the textbook and evidence from outside sources (news reports, books, magazines, websites, scholarly articles, etc.).
