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Although this new classification of family has broadened and viewed as a more positive outlook on families, it is also important to examine the underlying issues that causes certain family dysfunctions. The best description of family dysfunction is where there are internal and external issues or complications that cause an effect on the family unit. Such issues of internal complications can include domestic violence, and external issues can include drug abuse. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Family+dysfunction. It is evident that external issues can have an impact on society. Therefore, it is possible to classify family dysfunction as a social issue. To further examine this idea of family dysfunction, this piece will examine the process in which a social problem originates …show more content…
This will then cause a reaction involving the public. This is the next stage where the public reaction to what has happened will determine whether further action is required on this problem. Although this is so, Grabosky and Wilson (1989) in SO AND SO (DATE), believe that the media influence isn’t always positive and the crime and criminal justice will always be the prime stories on the news. Unfortunately because of this lack of coverage from the news of how for example Act for Kids (2014) have made some sort of a breakthrough for child abuse and neglect, the news will foreshadow this story for something that Grabosky and Wilson (1989) as gaining the attention of the