The following topics can be used as springboards for an idea for your research paper. These are suggested topics only. If you have another topic you would like to explore, you may do so.

1. World Food Needs
2. Urban Mass Transit
3. Drinking Water Safety
4. Control of Industrial Waste
5. Endangered species
6. Noise Pollution
7. College Tuition Costs
8. International Terrorism
9. Support of the Arts
10. Drug Trafficking
11. Consumer Protection
12. Western Water Crisis
13. Transportation Safety
14. Recent Immigrant Groups
15. White collar Crime
16. Organized Crime in U.S. Business
17. Surrogate Motherhood
18. Police Brutality
19. Gangs
20. Insurance Fraud
21. Eating Disorders
22. Prison Reform
23. Children Who Murder
24. Spousal Abuse
25. Child Abuse
26. Elderly Abuse
27. Social Security
28. Genetic Engineering
29. School Violence
30. Censorship in the Arts.