CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Moral Panic, Dreadlocks, Shoplifting
8 May 2018
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Chapter 4 – The Social Face of Youth Crime
Introduction
- Racializes youth crime: A concept that allows an understanding of racism that goes
beyond overt expressions and discriminatory actions of individuals.
- The moral panic is usually centered around non-white gangs preying on the innocent
- Violence is usually engaged in hockey, predominately played by white people, yet its not
defined as a white problem.
- Social face of youth crime has always been gendered and class
- Including self-reprot surveys, two other types of surveys also changed the world
o Ethnographic Method: A research method that involves richly detailed
descriptions and classifications of a group of people or behaviours
o Longitudinal Study: A research method in which data on a group of people are
collected over a number of time periods, rather than at only one point in their
lives
Race/Ethnicity
- Race: A socially constructed category based on beliefs about biological differences
between groups of people that have no basis in scientific evidence
- Ethnicity: A perso’s group of origi, here origi is usually see as aestral loatio
and or elements of culture (language, style of dress, behavioural patterns)
- Socio-economic status: similar to class, ut speifially refers to a perso’s soial
standing or position in terms of education, occupation or income.
- Information regarding race and crime are only available for hate crimes. (genocide,
public incitements or willful promotion of hatred and mischief in relation to religious
properties)
Racialized Youth Gangs
- Asian gang mythology: this broad name can fit almost any minority individual and white
gang members are never linked to this name
- Gang research shows different information, like gangs are multi ethnic
- Gangs are short lived and gang membership is usually black or white males
- Usually its African-Canadians, First Nations and Caucasians
- First nations say they are overrepresented by the criminal justice system b/c they pay
attention only to their kind
Black youth
- Blak rie prole suulture praties of lak studets ere i diret oflit ith
the all-white school authority structure.
- Argot-Patois is spoke aogst these studets, reggae usi, ad their dreadloks.
Aboriginal Youth
- The issues around youth crime is centred around impoverished reserves
- Theft, break and enter and willful damage are the three main offences
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Document Summary
Chapter 4 the social face of youth crime. Racializes youth crime: a concept that allows an understanding of racism that goes beyond overt expressions and discriminatory actions of individuals. The moral panic is usually centered around non-white gangs preying on the innocent. Violence is usually engaged in hockey, predominately played by white people, yet its not defined as a white problem. Social face of youth crime has always been gendered and class. Race: a socially constructed category based on beliefs about biological differences between groups of people that have no basis in scientific evidence. Ethnicity: a perso(cid:374)"s group of origi(cid:374), (cid:449)here origi(cid:374) is usually see(cid:374) as a(cid:374)(cid:272)estral lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374) and or elements of culture (language, style of dress, behavioural patterns) Socio-economic status: similar to class, (cid:271)ut spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272)ally refers to a perso(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial standing or position in terms of education, occupation or income.
