Social Science Space

Not many social scientists introduce a phrase into the English language and its subsequent history is instructive about the ways in which the impact of successful sociology becomes invisible. It is also a nice example of how ideas become assimilated into a societal environment that finds it hard to accept the sociologist’s focus on systems and organizations.

If we can model the diffusion of drug markets, can we also begin to model the effects of these markets on social problems, including child abuse and neglect?