SOC 3710 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Murder Of Reena Virk, Moral Panic, School Violence
27 Nov 2012
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Chapter one- the rise and fall of delinquency. Chapter examines youth crime issues from a historical perspective (historical documents, sociohistorical analyses, public concerns about youth crime compared with contemporary public issues). Public issues: matters of public concern that are debated in a variety of forums and usually involve demands for actions. Youth crime has always been a part of canadian society, but not always a public issue. Last 2 decades, youth crime has been the subject of considerable public concern and discourse. Discourse: how things are talked about and understood both orally and in written form, including formal and professional talk. Focus of the media even in the 90s, by the ends of the 1990s, newspaper and magazine headlines were fueling public concerns about violent events. Politics of youth crime: the ways in which youth crime is understood and. Crime is news . talked about, both formally and informally, and the actions, laws and policies that derive from this discourse.
