CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Juvenile Delinquency, Crime Comics, Moral Panic

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Youth and crime part 2 (week 11 nov. 22) 1. public reactions to youth crime resemble a moral panic. Developed in 1973 sam cohen: the clash between two groups, to explain this, moral panic" was developed, key idea: define behaviour as social problems on the ground they defy moral standards. 2. moral panics are repetitive cycles of public concern in which a group of people or a type of behaviour is defined as problematic and deserving of immediate social intervention. Believed to be a threat to common values/norms/standards. Often involves some kind of punitive response: crime control for a security measure. Corruption of social and cultural values and beliefs: motivated by a sense of moral concern and outrage. These panics are typically directed towards marginalized groups (women, racial groups, etc. : more recently, youth has been targeted. Forms of cultural expression 1950" crime comics: fredrick wertham psychiatrist, seduction of the innocent .