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Welcome to Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter. The newsletter is produced three times a year: Winter, Summer and Fall. It is distributed to all SSSP members in print form. The most recent issue is available as a PDF file to download at Social Problems Forum Summer 2008. Similarly, a limited number of back-issues are available in their entirety as PDF files to download at Social Problems Forum Archives.

We welcome essays, commentary, letters to the editor, and announcements of interest to SSSP members. Submissions by email or diskette using Microsoft Word or Word Perfect are preferred.

The deadline for submitting material to appear in the Winter issue is generally the second or third week in January. The deadline for submitting material to appear in the Summer issue is generally the fourth week in April, and the deadline for submitting materials to appear in the Fall issue is generally the second week in October. See page two of the most recent issue of the newsletter for the next specific deadline, or contact the editor.

Materials published in Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter do not represent the official views of the Society for the Study of Social Problems unless so stated, nor do they necessarily reflect the views of all SSSP members.

Please address questions, comments or concerns to the editor, Ken Kyle, via email at  or via regular post at

Ken Kyle, Editor
Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter
Department of Public Affairs and Administration
California State University East Bay
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