SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Law Breakers, Moral Authority, Riot Control
3 Nov 2015
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One big historical change on television is when crime drama started out they were often focused on defence attorneys, shift to police of cers and prosecutors (the side of the state) stereotypes about crime. Tend to go unnoticed because they are written on purpose to t into our notions and. Want to attract a large audience, what people think about when they think about crime. Usually situated in the dominant political social ideas about crime, what is currently. Usually focused on street crime - identify the perpetrator, victims, know how victims have fashionable thinking about crime been affected. Notions about gender often also go unnoticed. Only one show with a woman in charge. When they started out there were prejudiced views about race (african americans were. Now trying to incorporate every race into roles However, many times minorities are not in extras, criminals, etc) positions in power.
