SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Squeegee Man, Squeegee, Misdemeanor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Parnaby

Document Summary

Very high levels of marijuana affects the eyes if under the influence. The officer continues arguing for 12 minutes (both participate in argument) (cid:523)good vs. evil(cid:524) (cid:498)young boy(cid:499) vs. uptight officer. (cid:498)oscar nominated(cid:499), charismatic, well spoken, heavily produced & edited. Cook (cid:498)frames(cid:499) deven as (cid:498)good samartian(cid:499) & ignores misdemeanor offence. Admits his lights are a hazard but uses that to pull. Cook says deven was (cid:498)attacked, bound and kidnapped(cid:499) by (cid:498)somebody(cid:499) Deven admits to not having his license on him. Contradiction between races people over in a traffic stop) Solution: use of force standards (young people having respect for people/ carry their license) How to construct the problem/ deviants? (crime or poverty, both?) if eliminated from society poverty issue will still be prominent. Squeegee kids as criminals-size/scope: (cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:882)s or (cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:882)s? (cid:523)(cid:498)like (cid:494)locusts(cid:495) that swarm innocent drivers(cid:499)(cid:524) (cid:523)(cid:498)like canada geese(cid:499) Victim/offender (cid:523)victimizing innocent (cid:498)women and children(cid:499) (cid:524) lost innocence.