CRIM 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Structural Inequality, Murder Of Reena Virk, Model Minority

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 311
• Professor: Charmaine Perkins

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What defi(cid:374)es us as (cid:862)ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)(cid:863): mannerism polite, apologetic, bilingual english and french, multicultural, hockey loving, not american pride, charter equality rights, universal health care, good allies, traditionally peacekeepers, welcoming. Fear of others / crime / terrorism: fear of asylum seekers and refugees coming into canada recent increases at borders, fewer than 1% of illegal border crossers have serious criminal backgrounds (http://www. cbc. ca/news/politics/border-crossers-asylum-criminality-1. 4339781, bissonnet guilty plea (http://montrealgazette. com/news/quebec/quebec-mosque-shooter- alexandre-bissonnette-pleads-guilty) Importance of intersectionality: emphasizes the (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted(cid:374)ess of diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s of opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d poi(cid:374)ts out that (cid:862)opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:271)e (cid:396)edu(cid:272)ed to o(cid:374)e fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal type(cid:863) (cid:894)p. (cid:1006)7(cid:895) Interconnectedness between race, gender, sexuality, class: racialized individuals and groups often perceived to be more criminogenic, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), (cid:374)ot all (cid:396)a(cid:272)ialized (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)es a(cid:396)e (cid:862)e(cid:395)ually opp(cid:396)essed o(cid:396) at (cid:396)isk of (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)alizatio(cid:374) (cid:894)p. (cid:1007)(cid:1007)(cid:895) Problem frame discourses: construction of deserving victims who are blameworthy and culpable responsible for their victimization for engaging in risky behavior (victim blaming, examples: amanda todd, renate parsons, reena virk.