Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gang, Gnags, Racialization

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2267A/B
• Professor: Dale Ballucci

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Lecture 4: the social face of youth crime. Theres a racial component to discussion around gang. Race = physical characteristics, most commonly color of your skin. These also produce categories in which we can other. Ra(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)ity are used to other(cid:449)ise groups a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) (cid:449)e (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terize the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d that"s what causes moral panics. 2 biggest groups in canada that are targeted in youth crime are: Reports gangs in regards to race and ethnicity. They do not refer to ethnicity of the group when theyre white. The fact that its not acknowledges makes it shown that white is priveledged and everyone else is othered. Root causes of violence are rooted in poverty, environment, broken window syndrome. Lots of controversy on how we should study youth gangs and we have difficulty understand gangs in canada and what they look like. No federal form of statistics that stratify gangs by race and ethnicity.