The Sociological Impact Of Homelessness And Functionalism

Homelessness and Functionalism The social problem that I chose was homelessness. Homelessness has increased by 8% since 2011-2012 to more than 225,000 people in 2014-15 and in 2011 censers 105,237 people where homeless. As also the unemployment rate and the domestic violence rate which both are increasing as well as these are some of the big factors . The biggest reason homelessness is domestic violence. We look are homelessness and functionalism and how on a macro leave how it affects homeless. We also look at the programs that available for people. Explanations using sociology theory

The functionalist perspective, also called functionalism, is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. Edward Durkheim, was the regional person who was greatly interested in seeing how social order is possible or how society remains relatively stable. As such the theory that focuses on the macro-level of social construction, rather than the micro-level of everyday life. Marco mean large-scale and micro mean small and on interval level. On Marco leave is that there if not enough housing that people can afford and there is not enough support for people who are victims of violentce 's. The impact of homeless on the person is significant social & entomic cost not just individuals and family’s but also to the communities and nation as a hole .

On a national level homeless are more likely to interact with government agencies like police, department of community