SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Control, Parenting Styles, Moral Panic
19 Oct 2016
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Research and sources of youth crime: the facts of youth crime. Other source: police (unified crime reports, quantitative data) Victimization surveys longitudinal nature (interview about whether or not they have witnessed victimization) one of the issues is over- reporting, they over-estimate the amount that occurs. Self-report surveys (high school level ages 12-17, the number of offences) Court statistics (official actual report charges, on file: problems with data collection. Problems with memory recall (do not remember accurately) Self-fulfilling prophecy (what you expect to happen, happens: the social face of youth crime. Gender (minor offences with the law, girls stop while boys progress as they age) Age (16-17 years of age are those that are more likely to be arrested) Race and ethnicity (not much is talked about the aboriginals at least in ontatio) Think of the concept of moral panic from the beginning of the term. Also take into account how the term is constructed.
