Advances in Sociology Research : Volume 17

The authors of this book discuss the latest advances in sociology research. Chapters include research on empowering youth who were diagnosed with learning disabilities and attended mainstream schools; the study of territorial processes, such as land use and land use change, which can give rise to serious health problems, such as tuberculosis (TB0 and diseases which relate to nutritional status, even in countries with high levels of development; child maltreatment from a transactional, multimethod and translational perspective and a proposed research agenda that can advance innovations in how societies assess and respond to child maltreatment; the analysis of the root causes of the social movements in Spain, the different and similarities with historical and modern social movements, its achievements and failures and its impact on the democratic political system, social movements and left parties, providing a framework for setting future scenarios and challenges; a discussion based on the authors'' research on whether university students can benefit from engaging in romantic relationships; recent studies on the different factors affecting housework division; and the impact on racial heterogeneity, residential instability and socioeconomic status on incidents of criminal behavior and specific crime types, as well as policy implications.