Question

What do you understand by Social Problem?

Answer 1

A social problem is any condition or behavior that has negative consequences for large numbers of people and that is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that needs to be addressed. This definition has both an objectivecomponent and a subjectivecomponent.

Answer 2

Understanding about Social Problem:

Social problem is a general factor that affect and damage society. Social problems are usually used about any social condition that causes disruption or damage to society. These can be related to crime or racism etc.

Explanation:

• To better explain social problem lets take an example of a crime like a Break in and loot in a house in a locality.
• Now the break-in and loot of the house is not the social problem; it is the cause of the social problem.
• The social problem, in this case, is the growing insecurity of the people in the society about their houses being robbed and mistrust on the security of the locality.