SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Karla Homolka, Murder Of Reena Virk, Fatalism
13 Feb 2019
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Folk devils: typically male: unemployed male youth (newfoundland) inner-city african american young men (usa) Folk devils: nasty girls (1990s: seven female teens - killing of reena virk, karla homolka. Media did not create the nasty girl panic: media provides variety of models to girls; often these contain mixed messages, e. g. , experts may disagree. Deconstructing moral panics as social construction is useful exercise (e. g. , by showing the justification is unfounded), but doing so will not alleviate people"s fear and anxiety. Karla homolka: feb. 11 - chapter five: correlates of criminal behaviour (c) Overrepresentation believed to be present in all western societies regional differences in canada: black canadians overrepresented in gta. Canadians of african descent represent 3% of general canadian population, but 10% of the federal inmate population. Black inmates report that many corrections staff believe that they are members of a gang => prejudicial attitudes.
