Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moral Panic, Homicide
30 Dec 2020
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Children who grow up "fatherless, jobless and godless" Half of these superpredators were identified as black children. This identification of certain groups of people as criminal causes them to be demonized: using the word predator is loaded with certain characteristics. Interconnected with the idea of animals as predators: surges in teenage crime were predicted, robert sandifer. He had killed a young woman before he was murdered by an opposing gang member. This murder took place in chicago but was recognized globally: the number one factor in a commission of an offence is drugs, criminogenic factors. Static factors remain stable over time and cannot be changed. Tends to be individual characteristics: risk, need, responsibility model. The model that is used for everyone that is convicted and subsequently incarcerated. Addresses unique learning styles and capability to learn (i. e. age) (i. e. ) if you are a 17 year old offender, you may have specific learning needs.
